U.S. Senator-designate Roland Burris (D-IL) speaks at a news conference in Chicago January 12, 2009. U.S. In the latest in a series of shifting accounts of his conduct, Sen. Roland W. Burris told reporters that he tried to raise money for then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich at the same time he was asking Blagojevich to appoint him to the Senate.

　　U.S. Senator-designate Roland Burris (D-IL) leaves a news conference in Chicago January 12, 2009. In the latest in a series of shifting accounts of his conduct, Sen. Roland W. Burris told reporters that he tried to raise money for then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich at the same time he was asking Blagojevich to appoint him to the Senate. www.examda.com

　　Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich walks into a news conference to announce former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris as his choice to fill the vacant U.S. Senate seat of President-elect Barack Obama during a news conference in Chicago, Illinois in this December 30, 2008.

　　Pat Quinn (R), former Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, takes the oath of office of Governor given by Appellate Judge Anne Burke (L) while son Pat Quinn IV looks on during a swearing-in ceremony in the House chambers at the state capitol in Springfield, Illinois Jan. 29, 2009.

　　Workers install a picture and nameplate of Pat Quinn, former Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, as governor at the entrance to the State Capitol shortly after Rod Blagojevich was removed from office by the Illinois Senate in Springfield, Illinois Jan. 29, 2009.
　　U.S. Senator-designate Roland Burris (D-IL) speaks at a news conference in Chicago January 12, 2009. U.S. In the latest in a series of shifting accounts of his conduct, Sen. Roland W. Burris told reporters that he tried to raise money for then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich at the same time he was asking Blagojevich to appoint him to the Senate.