Bidding farewell, Blagojevich says he was 'on the right side of the law'
Billed as his last public statement before heading off to prison, Rod Blagojevich said this afternoon he was "honored" to serve as governor of Illinois and thanked the people of the state as he began his "dark and hard journey."
Interrupted several times by chants of "Free our governor," Blagojevich insisted before a crush of reporters and supporters that everything he did "was on the right side of the law."
Blagojevich was led into the crowd in front of his Ravenswood Manor home by his wife Patti. He wore a dark suit coat and an open-collared blue checked shirt.
The ousted governor began by telling reporters, "God bless you." Toward the end of his speech, he said that he "has had many blessings in my life and it's not over."
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