Former Gov Blagojevich: My fellow Democrats are 'destroying the rule of law'

Former Illinois Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich lambasted members of his own party on Thursday for "coordinated prosecutions" against former President Trump and urged Democrats to vote for the Republican candidate on the heels of his guilty verdict.

"My heart is broken for our country because this is serious business, and these Democrats — my fellow Democrats who run the show now — are coordinating these prosecutions against Trump from the Democratic National Committee in Washington, D.C., with assistance from the White House and Biden," Blagojevich said on "Jesse Watters Primetime."

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The former Illinois governor, who served from 2003 to 2009, cited his own run-ins with what he criticized as a politicized justice system, particularly for allegations that he attempted to sell Barack Obama’s vacant Senate seat after he was elected president in 2008. Convicted on corruption charges and impeached, he began serving his 14-year prison sentence in 2012 until Trump commuted his sentence during his presidency in 2020.

Blagojevich said he sees what Democrats are doing to Trump and understands what the former president is experiencing.

"It’s so obvious to me because I lived it myself," he said.

Like Trump who pleaded not guilty to all 34 charges, Blagojevich maintains he did nothing wrong.

"I see this as déjà vu all over again," he said of Trump's conviction. "I didn’t break a single law, cross a line or take a penny. They failed to convict me at a first trial, tried me a second time, used unlawful jury instructions to criminalize things that were legal, and they learned from that, now they are doing it at the major-league level."

"It's a very sad day for America