Instead of attending his impeachment trial, Governor Blagojevich was in NY appearing on a few talk shows: “Good Morning America”, “The View”, and “Larry King Live”.
The reasoning behind this little maneuver is that the Governor won’t get a fair impeachment hearing in the state of Illinois. He is probably right.
Not to cast doubt on any of Blago’s wrong doing, but there are much worse criminals in IL government than Blago. I would like to see the trials happen in a setting that provides the best chance for indictment of the real king pins of Illinois government corruption.

The governor is no choir boy, but the real monsters are hiding behind indignation and the huge stink being made about his crimes.

Source:Impeachment trial to proceed without Ill. governor