An ego too big to fail, a brain too stupid to conspire, and the hubris to use his kids as stage props at trial: That's one heckuva defense strategy!
Posted on 07/31/2010 8:05:11 PM PDT by geraldmcg
The Corruption Trial of Rod Blagojevich was supposed to be Explosive – What happened?
Ever since impeached Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested on December 9th, 2008 he has not only maintained his innocence but insisted repeatedly that he would expose the truth on the stand. After the prosecution rested its case weeks earlier than expected, Blagojevich's defense team rested after only two days – and without the testimony of the defendant who assured the public it would hear his story.
Many expected the defense to call well known figures such as: Rahm Emanuel, Valerie Jarrett, Harry Reid, Dick Durbin, Jesse Jackson Jr., and Tony Rezko as witnesses. Several of them had been issued subpoenas. In April, Blagojevich defense Attorneys filed a motion to subpoena the testimony of Barack Obama. That motion was rejected by the judge but many were taken aback when none of those listed above were called to testify.
Are these normal happenings in a trial of this magnitude? High-profile criminal attorney, Rene Sandler is available for interviews to discuss this anti-climactic change of events. The judge in the trial made several rulings that seemed to be overly favorable to the president, whose name came up throughout the prosecution's case. On one recording, Blagojevich was heard telling his then Chief of Staff, John Harris that “This guy's (Obama) is more Tony'd up than I am,” indicating that Obama has more extensive ties to Tony Rezko than Blagojevich did.
Much of what jurors heard on the recorded tapes included references to Rahm Emanuel and Barack Obama. One thing that was corroborated by both mulitple witnesses and the recordings was that Obama had sent emissaries to Blagojevich in an attempt to get Valerie Jarrett appointed to the seat. This conflicted directly with what the White House had maintained in the past. In fact, at a press conference on the day of Blagojevich's arrest, Obama said he had “no contact with the governor”.
A large part of the prosecution's case involved hours of recorded phone conversations on which Blagojevich was heard working through scenarios that would enable him to capitalize on the Senate seat soon to be vacated by then president-elect Barack Obama.
As the jury is set to hear closing arguments much sooner than anyone expected, many people who anticipated an explosive trial carrying the potential to shake the political landscape to the core, are left asking questions about how it could be so anti-climactic, of which the full article is posted at: http://www.888webtoday.com
Sorry, I gave a general link to WebToday. The actual direct link: http://888webtoday.com/articles/viewnews.cgi?id=EklpFZFlylRXbOxkaN
Didn’t Zero visit Chicago a while back? He probably made a deal then.
Yup!
It;s the Chicago way to bribe em and they’ll shut up.
Yup!
It’s the Chicago way to bribe em and they’ll shut up.
What needs to be said this is Chicago in Obama’s America. The fix is in.
I think the whole strategy all along has been to just let the prosecution present its case, and then hope for a hung jury and a mistrial. All the big talk is part of his “celebrity idiot” defense, aimed at getting at least one juror convinced all he did is talk a bunch of trash, but no crime.
“Many expected the defense to call well known figures such as: Rahm Emanuel, Valerie Jarrett, Harry Reid, Dick Durbin, Jesse Jackson Jr., and Tony Rezko as witnesses.”
This is why the trial ended! What planet is the author on?
Pssst....george!...(soros) by way of Biden...
Pump those fuching tires up on the bus..they're getting way to close to home now!
They made him an offer he couldn't refuse.
Much like the Scooter Libby case, there was no crime.
Fitz is a twisted nutcase.
The biggest reason he will get away with it is because they didn’t wait for money to change hands. Why? duh
they didn’t want to involve their friends
If so, must have been a really sweet deal as Blago’s been babbling to whomever will listen, willing or not. Next up - Rangel...
This was just a friendly spat between shitcago friends, not what the rest of us would consider a real trial. Just for show.
Same with Charley and Maxine, they had to do something, so let’s have a show trial, no two show trials in the SAME week so the sheeple will have forgotten all about this little deal before election time.
I have to admit, I’m gonna miss Blago’s antics. Sure, he’s a lying, corrupt, buttweasel with a chinchilla nesting on his head. But man, he was entertaining!
You know, I wondered that, except that it dragged out for so long, but then that was a nice distraction.
Same with Charley and Maxine, they had to do something, so let’s have a show trial, no two show trials in the SAME week so the sheeple will have forgotten all about this little deal before election time.
And during summer vacation time, before the post Labor Day campaigning season. Yeah, it does fall into place.
We can't have the OBVIOUS be front page news. Ny golly, then even the dumbest sheeple might catch on to Obama and his tentacles of corruption and evil.
Will he shut up? Can anyone do it? He just keeps talking. And kudos to him for that, for not going quietly into the night, like some others.
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