Blagojevich statement on indictment

Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich issued this statement after his Thursday indictment by federal prosecutors in an alleged wide-ranging corruption scheme. As prosecutors released the indictment, Blagojevich was in Florida with his family at Walt Disney World in Florida:

"I'm saddened and hurt but I am not surprised by the indictment. I am innocent. I now will fight in the courts to clear my name. I would ask the good people of Illinois to wait for the trial and afford me the presumption of innocence that they would give to all their friends and neighbors."