Rod Blagojevich: “I am dying to answer these charges. I am dying to show you how innocent I am.”

Just because I'm not governor anymore doesn't mean I'm not going to keep fighting for you and for the causes that I have fought for my whole life.

I love the people of Illinois today now more than I ever did before. Thank you. And the fight goes on. Just because I'm not governor anymore, doesn't mean I'm not going to keep fighting for you.

I'm saddened and hurt, but I'm not surprised by the indictment. I'm innocent. I now will fight in the courts to clear my name. I would ask for the good people of Illinois to wait for the trial and afford me the presumption of innocence…

Let me make this perfectly clear.