The InfoWars narrative makes it sound like Blagojevich was trying to permanently sever relations between the state of Illinois and Bank of America, which is absolutely not the case. An article on Infowars says that he made a, quote, declaration that Illinois would no longer deal with Bank of America. But that's just silly. It was a negotiation tactic he was using to try and save a factory where employees were protesting. Articles from the time are really clear about this, like this one from December 8th in the State Journal Register. Quote, Governor Rod Blagojevich has ordered all state agencies to stop doing business with Bank of America to pressure the company to help workers who are staging a sit-in at a shuttered Chicago plant. Blagojevich says banks got bailout money and should provide lines of credit to businesses that need it so workers can keep working. The employees were staging a sit-in because they were informed that they were going out of business with no notice and they didn't receive pay or any benefits. Ultimately, Bank of America announced a settlement on December 10th where they would create a fund of $1.75 million to take care of the workers who were owed back pay, severance, vacation time, and whatnot. This achievement was possibly helped by Blagojevich's action, but it was in any way, it was not infected at all by his arrest. The real win was because the workers stood their ground and because of the support of the Union Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America Union.