A federal appeals court on Friday rejected former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s appeal of his 2011 corruption conviction, a mere three days after hearing his attorneys’ arguments.

Blagojevich’s attorneys argued that a judge in a re-sentencing hearing last year gave the jury flawed instructions and didn’t take in to account the former governor’s rehabilitation.

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