CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN)  -- Embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich vowed Friday to fight federal corruption charges and stay on the job, despite calls for his resignation amid allegations that he attempted to sell President-elect Barack Obama's former Senate seat. Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich spoke to reporters at a news conference Friday but did not take questions. "I will fight, I will fight, I will fight until I take my last breath. I have done nothing wrong," Blagojevich said in a brief news conference in Chicago. "I'm not going to quit a job that people have hired me to do." The spirited comments were the first public statements from the second-term governor about the allegations since his arrest December 9 on federal corruption charges.
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Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he is not guilty of criminal wrongdoing
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Blagojevich says he has the truth on his side, vows to stay on the job
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Governor accused of trying to sell President-elect Obama's Senate seat
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Blagojevich's lawyer says evidence was illegally obtained
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