A jury has convicted former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich of trying to sell or trade President Obama's old Senate seat, the Associated Press reports.

Update at 5:33 p.m. ET: The jury, 11 women and one man, has met the media. The Sun-Times has some of what they said:

The jury forewoman — a Naperville resident who is a retired director of music and liturgy at a church — said jurors were sending a message with their verdict about the state of politics in Illinois. A second juror said Blagojevich's personality, on display when he testified in his own defense, made it harder to convict him. "I think because he was personable, it made it hard to separate [that] from what we had to do as jurors," that juror said. "We had to put aside whether we liked him or didn't like him and just go by the evidence presented to us." The entire jury appeared, together, in a courtroom made available so they could talk with reporters. All spoke without identifying themselves, and the judge hasn't released the jury list yet. "It was very difficult," another juror said. "Many times, we had to keep re-voting." That juror said that indecision was on a "mixture of all" the counts.

Update at 4:08 p.m. ET: "Patti and I are obviously very disappointed. I, quite frankly, am stunned," Blagojevich said after the verdict was announced, the Sun-Times says. "There's not much left to say other than we want to get home to our little girls and try to explain this to them."

The Sun-Times writes that Patti Blagojevich began crying before the verdicts were read and that after each "guilty," she sank into her brother's shoulder. Afterward, she buried her head in her husband's shoulder, and he put a hand on her back to comfort her.

Amid some boos, he blew kisses to supporters as they got in an SUV to leave the federal courthouse.

Update at 3:47 p.m. ET: Of the charges, 11 involved the alleged sale of Obama's vacated Senate seat, including nine wire fraud counts. Other counts included conspiracy to commit extortion, attempted extortion and conspiracy to solicit a bribe.

Prosecutors told of five shakedown schemes regarding the Senate seat and charged that Blagojevich held up official acts on the Illinois Tollway, horse-racing legislation, a school grant and Children's Memorial Hospital while demanding campaign contributions, the Sun-Times explains.

Update at 3:33 p.m. ET: During seven days of testimony, Blagojevich, 54, denied any wrongdoing, but prosecutors used his own words against him by playing FBI wiretaps.

He could face up to 300 years in prison. Sentencing guidelines will probably reduce his incarceration. A status hearing for sentencing was set for Aug. 1.

Judge James Zagel has ruled that Blagojevich will be barred from traveling outside the area without permission from the judge.

Blagojevich already faces up to five years in prison after jurors in his first trial convicted him last summer of lying to the FBI. The jury deadlocked on 23 other, more serious charges, and U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said he would retry Blagojevich.

Update at 3:21 p.m. ET: The federal jury found him guilty on 17 of 20 counts of corruption. The jury deadlocked on two counts and found him not guilty of one count.

The Chicago Tribune reports that he showed no emotion as the verdicts were read. He then sat back in his chair, lips pursed, and whispered toward his wife, Patti, "I love you."