Harris' guidelines were 70 to 87 months. His plea agreement contains this acknowledgement of his crimes.
It was Harris' idea that Blago suggest to union officials that Blago get a paid position as National Coordinator for Change to Win in exchange for appointing Senate candidate B to Obama's senate seat. He told Blago the union officials could be the buffer between Blago and Obama. He told Blago it would provide him with income, keep him politically viable and garner him union support and connections for whatever he wanted to do down the road.
Knowing that Patti Blagojevich couldn’t do business with financial institutions that did business with the State of Illinois, he set up a meeting for Patti and an official of a financial institution that did business with the state of Illinois.
Harris met with Senate Candidate D to give him a clue (without directly stating) that Blago expected the candidate's unused campaign funds to go to Blago.
Harris relayed an offer to Blago from Senate Candidate A (made through a third party)that Senate Candidate A would help Blago raise $1.5 million in exchange for the Senate seat, which resulted in Blago reconsidering his disinclination to appoint Sen. Cand. A
Harris participated in a phone call with Blago and Advisor A in Washington about the financial benefits Blago could receive from appointing Senate Candidate B.
Interesting: During sentencing, "Zagel also asked Harris what he would have done had the sale of the Senate seat progressed to a real deal."
This is an open thread, all topics welcome (added: But I hope you will discuss Trayvon Martin in specific threads relating to him, there are plenty.).