Ex-Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich left Thursday morning for Colorado’s Federal Correctional Institution Englewood, where he’ll begin serving his 14-year sentence after he was convicted last June on 18 counts of corruption, most famously an attempt to sell the Senate seat President Barack Obama left vacant when elected president.

Patti Blagojevich still believes that her convicted husband and former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is innocent, despite him currently serving a 14 year-prison sentence for 18 charges of corruption.

Patti voiced her undying loyalty on an upcoming episode of The Rosie Show, and RadarOnline.com has a sneak peek of the enlightening interview set to air on Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network on Wednesday.

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.

Ex-Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich will get a chance to speak to U.S. District Judge James Zagel before he is sentenced Wednesday for his conviction on 18 counts of corruption, including an attempt to sell the Senate seat President Barack Obama vacated when elected president.

During Tuesday's court session, the first of a two-day sentencing hearing, Blagojevich conceded though his attorneys he'd commit at least four of the crimes he was convicted of, including the thwarted sale of the Senate seat.

"We accept the fact that's a crime. It's illegal," defense attorney Sheldon Sorosky said. "He should not have done it."

Rod Blagojevich was found guilty on 17 counts of corruption on Monday in a Chicago courtroom and said he was “stunned,” by the verdict.

After being convicted on 17 of the 20 counts against him, Blagojevich addressed reporters outside the courtroom, telling them: “I frankly am stunned.  There’s not much left to say, other than we want to get home to our little girls and talk to them and explain things to them and then try to sort things out.  I’m sure we’ll be seeing you guys again.”

The former Illinois Governor turned reality TV star showed no emotion as the jury returned the guilty verdict inside the courtroom.  After the verdicts were read he sat back in his chair and said “I love you” to his wife Patti, who cried as the verdicts were read and shook her head “no” as the jurors left the courtroom.

Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich was convicted on only one of 24 counts against him Tuesday afternoon and his camp sees that as a victory.

Blagojevich’s rep Glen Selig spoke exclusively with RadarOnline.com just minutes after the verdict and said, “It could have been better, but it definitely could have been worse.

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“He’s staying optimistic and he knows he’s done nothing wrong. He’s a fighter and he’ll continue to fight.”

Moments after news of Blagojevich’s verdict broke the Illinois government announced they will retry him on the 23 counts the jury were hung on.

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“He won’t be chased out of Chicago,” Selig said. “If he ever decided to leave it would be through his own personal choice.”

In fact, Selig said the support Blagojevich has received from his Windy City counterparts has been incredible.

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“People have been remarkably supportive. He’ll get strangers on the street thanking him for all the work he’s done,” Selig said.

“They give him credit and I’ve got a stack of letters in my office of support for him.”

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In a press conference given outside the courtroom Blagojevich said, “I want the people of Illinois to know I didn’t let you down.

“This was persecution. The prosecution threw everything but the kitchen sink at me. This jury shows you that on every count except for one they couldn’t prove I did anything wrong.”

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Blagojevich has been married to his wife Patti for 20 years and Selig said, “This whole ordeal has 100 percent without a doubt brought him and Patti closer together.

“She is an incredibly strong woman and they have an amazing marriage. She absolutely believes in him and is supportive of him.”

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Selig concluded by saying that one of Blagojevich’s worst fears was that “people would believe what was being said about him was true.”

A jury is now deliberating the fate of disgraced former Illinois governor  turned reality TV star Rod Blagojevich who's accused of corruption while in office, RadarOnline.com can report.

The trial of Blagojevich -- who’s accused of scheming to sell or trade President Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat after the November 2008 election -- has been ongoing since early June.

The case went to the jury Wednesday. During the trial, Blagojevich never took the stand to testify in his own defense.