To: disraeligears
I’m not sure Fitzgerald has enough to indict Blago. As offensive as those tapes are, my lawyer friends tell me, they don’t think he has a case. He was trying to get Blago to resign with all the noise and now is trying to find something which to prosecute him for.
9 posted on
12/31/2008 9:24:20 AM PST by
bronxboy
To: bronxboy
To: bronxboy
Hmmmm ... wouldn’t a perjury trap work? Oh wait, they’ve already used that one.
To: bronxboy
“Im not sure Fitzgerald has enough to indict Blago. As offensive as those tapes are, my lawyer friends tell me, they dont think he has a case. He was trying to get Blago to resign with all the noise and now is trying to find something which to prosecute him for.”
Could be ... he pulled the plug before the deal went down. I guess he didn’t want JJJ, et al, snared in his net.
23 posted on
12/31/2008 9:44:04 AM PST by
maggief
To: bronxboy
How about extortion on the Children’s Hospital.
Sounds like a crime to me, soliciting a bribe.
To: bronxboy
Im not sure Fitzgerald has enough to indict Blago. As offensive as those tapes are, my lawyer friends tell me, they dont think he has a case. He was trying to get Blago to resign with all the noise and now is trying to find something which to prosecute him for.
Getting Blagojevich to resign is not Fitgerald's job. His actions have seemed rather unprofessional. From the article,
...."George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley said he expects Fitzgerald will be granted the motion in spite of his actions.
"I'm surprised by it, because at the press conference, he made this out to be the world's strongest criminal case," Turley told FOXNews.com, adding that he thought Fitzgerald acted rather cavalierly at the Dec. 9 press conference by raising the bar so high in claiming Blagojevich was so corrupt.
"I think most judges would be put out by Fitzgerald's conduct," he said."
I agree with Turley. Now Fitzgerald wants more time? I'm not sure why Blagojevich's lawyers are going along with Fitzgerald.
54 posted on
12/31/2008 11:12:36 AM PST by
Girlene
To: bronxboy
I agree. taped wanting to commit a crime is not as big deal (and not even sure its illegal) as actually committing a crime. A key point is whether the tapes can stay as evidence. If they are disallowed then what does fitz have?
To: bronxboy
That’s what it looks like to me. Conspiracy to commit a crime in Chicago?
He’d talk his way out of it and the Chicago way jury would help him.
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