• Chicago Tribune, Wednesday, June 9, 2010 1:36 PM

Rod Blagojevich is in trouble again, and this time it's all Twitter's fault. The disgraced former Illinois Governor was ordered to stop posting updates about his corruption trial to his Twitter account. According to the Chicago Tribune, Blago was Tweeting from the courtroom!

Judge James Zagel, presiding over the trial, said the ex-Celebrity Apprentice can make statements about his case to the press. Still, "Zagel told Blagojevich that his sound bites, quips and 'repeated public statements' to the cameras could be used against him if he testifies during the trial," according to the Chicago Tribune. The paper reports that "the technologically-challenged ex-governor" joined Twitter earlier this month, but most of his messages appear to be written by his publicist. During his stint on NBC's "Celebrity Apprentice" last year, Blagojevich was unable to send a text message or open a Word file.

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