Clean-cut N.Y. Gov. Elliot Spitzer kicked off the scandal parade in March; Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich closed out the year.
In March, NY Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D) admitted that he was a customer of a prostitution ring which charged as much as $3,100 to $5,500 a hour. He eventually resigned.
In October, Kyle Dustin "Dusty" Foggo (53), the former number three official at the CIA, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in connection with a bribery investigation related to the Randy Cunningham scandal.
Also in October, Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) -- most senior Senate Republican in history -- was found guilty of all seven felony charges related to accepting $250,000 in gifts and services from Veco, an Alaska oil services and construction company at the center of the now multi-year corruption probe.
He lost his re-election bid.
In December, Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-IL) and John Harris, his chief of staff, were arrested by the FBI on corruption charges of "staggering" breadth related, in part, to filling the open Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama after he was elected President. Charges were filed by U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, who prosecuted the Valerie Plame case.
In March, NY Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D) admitted that he was a customer of a prostitution ring which charged as much as $3,100 to $5,500 a hour. He eventually resigned.
In October, Kyle Dustin "Dusty" Foggo (53), the former number three official at the CIA, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in connection with a bribery investigation related to the Randy Cunningham scandal.
Also in October, Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) -- most senior Senate Republican in history -- was found guilty of all seven felony charges related to accepting $250,000 in gifts and services from Veco, an Alaska oil services and construction company at the center of the now multi-year corruption probe.
He lost his re-election bid.
In December, Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-IL) and John Harris, his chief of staff, were arrested by the FBI on corruption charges of "staggering" breadth related, in part, to filling the open Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama after he was elected President. Charges were filed by U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, who prosecuted the Valerie Plame case.
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