Blago jury undecided on 22 of 24 counts

CHICAGO, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- The jury at the corruption trial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has reached a verdict on only two of the 24 counts in the case, the judge says.

U.S. District Judge James Zagel was expected to order the jury to continue deliberations for a 12th day on the federal corruption charges against Blagojevich and his brother, Robert, WLS-TV, Chicago, reported.

Blagojevich, his wife Patti and his brother were in court as Zagel announced that the panel had yet to even consider 11 wire fraud charges against the men, the Chicago Sun-Times said. A note from the jury Wednesday said they were deadlocked on at least some counts and the judge called a hearing Thursday seeking more information on how badly they were deadlocked.

Blagojevich is charged with 24 counts of racketeering, mail fraud, attempted extortion and bribery, including trying to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President Barack Obama to the highest bidder.

Robert Blagojevich, his former fundraiser, is charged with four counts of wire fraud, conspiracy and attempted extortion.