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CHICAGO, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- John Harris, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's chief of staff and co-defendant, submitted his resignation Friday.
Lucio Guerrero, a spokesman for the governor, said that Harris's resignation was effective immediately, WBBM-AM, Chicago, reported.
His lawyer said that Harris gave the letter to the governor in person, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Blagojevich and Harris were arrested Tuesday on corruption charges. Blagojevich, among other things, allegedly hoped to capitalize on his power to appoint someone to President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat, U.S. prosecutors said.
U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald released an obscenity-laced tape of a telephone conversation between the two men in which Blagojevich talked of what he hoped to get for the seat.
Blagojevich remains in office and at work although he is under pressure to resign. Obama is among those who have said he should resign.
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