By Breaking Celebrity News Staff

UPDATE: The Judge has sentenced Blagojevich to 168 months, nearly 14 years in prison.

Ex-Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich Wednesday told U.S. District Judge James Zagel he “never set out to break the law.”

The disgraced politician today faces sentencing on his conviction on 18 counts of corruption, including an attempt to sell the Senate seat President Barack Obama left when elected president.

“I have nobody to blame but myself for my stupidity and actions and the things I did and I thought I could do,” Blagojevich said, presumably in a bid for a more lenient sentence.

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“I’m not blaming anybody. The jury decided I was guilty, I am accepting of it, I acknowledge it.”

The politician added he’s “unbelievably sorry” and conceded he made “terrible mistakes” while in office.