corruption is especially thick over the state of illinois and the appointment of democratic center roland burrisexception. in 2009 the senate investigating his inconsistent testimony of how he came to be named to the seat vacated by now president obama. >> am i going to walk away from this position? you better believe i'm not. >> he was admonished by the senate ethics panel but received no formal punishment but the swamp doesn't include democrats on capitol hill. it has engulfed prominent members of state houses. illinois governor rod blagojevich the man responsible for burris questionable appointments was indicted on 24 corruption charges. jury found him guilty of one count of lying to the f.b.i. >> this case did not prove any corruption. as i have said all along. >> nowhere in america is the swamp deeper, dirtier and more dense than in the tri-state area. in 2006, new jersey senator bob menendez was under investigation for helping a nonprofit community agency receive millions of dollars in federal grants while the agency was paying more than $300,000 to the senator in rent. after they subpoena

corruption is especially thick over the state of illinois and the appointment of democratic center roland burris. in 2009 the senate investigating his inconsistent testimony of how he came to be named to the seat vacated by now president obama. >> am i going to walk away from this position? you better believe i'm not. >> he was admonished by the senate ethics panel but received no formal punishment but the swamp doesn't include democrats on capitol hill. it has engulfed prominent members of state houses. illinois governor rod blagojevich the man responsible for burris questionable appointments was indicted on 24 corruption charges. jury found him guilty of one count of lying to the f.b.i. >> this case did not prove any corruption. as i have said all along. >> nowhere in america is the swamp deeper, dirtier and more dense than in the tri-state area. in 2006, new jersey senator bob menendez was under investigation for helping a nonprofit community agency receive millions of dollars in federal grants while the agency was paying more than $300,000 to the senator in rent. after they subpoenaed docume

in the midwest the crowd of corruption is thick over the state of illinois and roland burris is no exon. they began investigating burris's shifting testimony how he came to be named to the seat by president obama. >> there's no perjury here? am i going to walk away from this position? you getter believe i am not. it doesn't include democrats in capitol hill. it is also engulfed promine pro members of state houses. illinois governor rob blagojevich for example the man responsible for burris' questionable appointment was impeached from office and indicted on 24 corruption charges. they found him guilty of one man in the fbi. >> didn't approve any corruption. >> the swamp is not deeper or more dense than in the try city area. mendez was under investigation by prosecutors for helping a nonprofit community agency receive millions of dollars in federal grants while the agency was paying more than $300,000 to the senator in rent. after they subpoenaed agency documents the investigation did not yield any official charges. he is charged with 13 violations of congressional ethics rules this yea