Ill. governor's Nashville brother hires lawyer

Nashville businessman Robert Blagojevich, the brother of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, has hired a Chicago criminal defense lawyer amid expectations that prosecutors will investigate a campaign fund he runs.

The Tennessean newspaper reported Monday that Rob Blagojevich, a real estate investor who chairs his brother's Friends of Blagojevich fund, has retained defense attorney Michael Ettinger.

Ettinger told the Chicago Sun-Times that he expects the fund will be indicted, a tactic used in a previous corruption investigation.

Rod Blagojevich was accused earlier this month trying to sell President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat and other schemes.