That’s what Gov. Rod Blagojevich asked Chicago FBI Chief Robert Grant when Grant called Blagojevich just after 6 Tuesday morning and told him that two FBI agents were waiting at his door to arrest him.
The governor stands charged with abuses of power including involvement in several pay-to-play political scams, through which the governor would take official actions in exchange for campaign contributions.
In addition, he is accused of scheming to get a member of the Chicago Tribune’s editorial board fired in exchange for helping to get state funding directed toward Tribune-owned Wrigley Field.
The charges also allege that the governor sought campaign contributions, a cabinet post in the Obama administration or an ambassadorship for himself and corporate board appointments for his wife, Patti.
U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald accused Blagojevich of conducting what could only be described as a political corruption crime spree. He said investigators moved in after having discovered that the governor was trying to rake in as much money as possible before a new state ethics law takes effect on Jan. 1.
Rather than slowing down fund-raising as investigators closed in, Fitzgerald said, “the opposite happened. It sped up.”
Fitzgerald read quotes from Blagojevich talking about the Senate seat: “It’s a [expletive] valuable thing, a thing you just don’t give it away for nothing.”
The prosecutor said, “The breadth of corruption laid out in these charges is staggering.”
Blagojevich was taken into custody at his Northwest Side home. Arrested separately was John Harris, 46, the governor’s chief of staff, who faces the same charges.
Fitzgerald also quoted the governor as saying, about the senate seat, “I’ve got this thing and it’s [expletive] golden. I’m just not giving it up for [expletive] nothing.”
The information comes from a tap on Blagojevich’s home phone and two bugs in his campaign office.
Blagojevich is charged with conspiring to sell President-elect Barack Obama’s U.S. senate seat. The governor has sole responsibility for choosing the successor to the president-elect.
The governor was arrested a day before his 52nd birthday.
Grant, the Chicago FBI chief, said of Illinois, “If it isn’t the most corrupt state in the United States, it’s certainly one hell of a competitor.”
Indeed, cases of political corruption in the state are rampant.
Blagojevich’s predecessor, George Ryan, is serving a sentence in federal prison after being convicted in a wide-ranging corruption case. More recently, several Blagojevich associates have been convicted in connection with the pay-to-play cases and the governor has been under investigation but has not been charged in any of those cases.
If convicted, Blagojevich could face a maximum of 30 years in prison and up to $500,000 in fines. He and Harris were both released after appearing before Federal Judge Nan Nolan Tuesday afternoon.
The governor’s attorney, Sheldon Sorosky, told reporters outside the courthouse, “He feels he didn’t do anything wrong. A lot of this is just politics.”
The Democratic governor of Illinois in the United States, Rod Blagojevich, 51, along with his chief of staff John Harris, 46, were arrested Tuesday morning by the FBI on federal corruption charges.
Rod Blagojevich. 
The ''Chicago Tribune'' reports that federal agents raided Blagojevich's home this morning and took him into federal custody. The arrest comes after a three-year investigation into Blagojevich's "pay-to-play politics."

Specifically, the Department of Justice alleged that Blagojevich attempted to sell the Senate seat previously held by President-elect Barack Obama. Blagojevich, as governor, has the sole authority to appoint someone to complete Obama's term. Authorities believe the process to select a new senator was tainted after authorities secretly recorded several of Blagojevich's conversations. They believe that he was attempting to sell the seat in exchange for financial benefit for himself and his wife.

Documents from the FBI and from U.S. attorney Patrick Fitzgerald identify the people whom Blagojevich was considering as Senate Candidates 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. According to Fitzgerald's press release, Blagojevich told an advisor that he wanted to "get some (money) up front, maybe."

In Illinois, a new state ethics law will take effect on January 1, 2009, so Blagojevich was trying to embezzle as much money as he could before that date, said Fitzgerald.

Authorities also believe that Blagojevich was trying to withhold state financial assistance from the owner of the ''Tribune'', the Tribune Company, which recently filed for bankruptcy protection. They allege he was trying to get members of the editorial board of the ''Chicago Tribune'' fired by threatening to complicate the sale of Wrigley Field by Tribune Company.

On December 8, Blagojevich responded to the reports that federal authorities had wiretapped his phone conversations, saying that "I should say if anybody wants to tape my conversations, go right ahead, feel free to do it. I can tell you that whatever I say is always lawful and the things I'm interested in are always lawful."

If convicted, Blagojevich could face up to 30 years in prison and $500,000 in fines.

This is not the first time in Illinois history that a governor has been arrested for corruption charges. In 2006, George Ryan was indicted and is now serving a 6½-year prison term.