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Blagojevich Judge Calls Emergency Meeting
WMAQ-TV Ch. 5 Chicago (NBC) - "The Ward Room" Blog ^ | April 22, 2010 | Unattributed

Posted on 04/22/2010 4:51:08 PM PDT by LibertyRocks

The judge presiding over former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's corruption trial called an emergency meeting Thursday evening after information that was intended to remain under seal was released to the public in a defense filing to subpoena President Barack Obama.

Judge James B. Zagel scheduled a 6 p.m. hearing in his chambers to question attorneys about why the redacted information was readable, according to reports.

But Blagojevich's attorneys denied that interpretation. When asked whether the meeting concerned the redacted documents, attorney Sheldon Sorosky responded simply "no."

The defense motion, filed Thursday afternoon, request to call President Obama as a corroborating witness and argued that Obama could verify that Blagojevich didn't try to sell his seat.

The filing contained several paragraphs that had been blacked out electronically. However, the underlying text was easily viewable in the electronic cersion of the document if a reader simply copied-and-pasted the paragraphs into another program.

The failure to properly redact is a relatively common one in government circles.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: blagojevich; illinois; obama; rezko
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To: LibertyRocks

Actually, Rahm is pretty much a non-issue here - his trial balloon went over with a thud. And the deal between Blago and Barry is just business as usual.


201 posted on 04/23/2010 10:18:33 AM PDT by Chi-townChief
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To: Chi-townChief

Good to know. I was curious how Rahm’s announcement was received there...


202 posted on 04/23/2010 10:26:34 AM PDT by LibertyRocks (http://libertyrocks.wordpress.com ~ Anti-Obama Gear: http://cafepress.com/NO_ObamaBiden08)
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To: devolve
Thanks devolve. I wouldn't want to be that judge. How we would love to see Obama have to testify, but bet he would still lie and get away with it.

Records and recordings implicating him will never be seen or heard I'll bet.

203 posted on 04/23/2010 12:25:57 PM PDT by potlatch (~~"Where secrecy or mystery begins, vice or roguery is not far off. "~~)
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To: LibertyRocks

He looked kind of frightened when Obama was leaning toward him too, as if he was going to get that Mafia ‘kiss of death’, lol.


204 posted on 04/23/2010 12:43:00 PM PDT by potlatch (~~"Where secrecy or mystery begins, vice or roguery is not far off. "~~)
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To: txhurl
"Isn’t this a monster story getting no ink anywhere except a few threads here?"

Fox Cable News has been reporting on it.

205 posted on 04/23/2010 2:55:35 PM PDT by LADY J (Change your thoughts and you change your world. - Norman Vincent Peale)
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To: LibertyRocks
This is good theater, but no judge will allow a sitting president to be subpoenaed.

Blago, however, had better have his life insurance paid up and said his good byes. And if he gets on the same plane as you, get off!

206 posted on 04/23/2010 4:54:01 PM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: redgolum

according to some talking heads....Reagan, Bush and Clinton all gave testimony in trials after being subpoenaed and gave testimony for various things while president. I found that interesting.


207 posted on 04/23/2010 4:58:26 PM PDT by tioga
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To: tioga
Hmm, I will check that out.

This case is “local” for me, as I live on the Iowa side of the Mississippi river. A lot of the Illinois locals are laughing that Bambi and Blago were so stupid as to get caught this time.

208 posted on 04/23/2010 5:06:32 PM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: usconservative

ROFLMAO!!!!!!


209 posted on 04/24/2010 3:02:33 AM PDT by MagnoliaB
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To: redgolum

It’s becoming more clear each day that people who are supposed to be responsible, and have taken an oath of office as required for their position, are commiting bare-faced treason, rather than doing their job.


210 posted on 04/24/2010 3:19:23 AM PDT by Waco (Kalifonia don't need no stenkin oil and no stenkin revenues)
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To: Waco
Friend, it has been that when in Chicago since it was a swamp.

For that matter, it has been that way in this USA since it was part of old England. That is part of the reason the founding fathers left us a very inefficient form of government. The goal was to make no one branch so powerful it overwhelmed the others.

Unfortunately, we have decayed from a Republic to a Democracy, and are heading for a Tyranny. Such is the life cycle of Republics.

211 posted on 04/24/2010 8:56:37 AM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: cookcounty
......they knew how to keep Jack Ryan's divorce records sealed when Obama dropped him out of the race 7 weeks before the Senate election.....

Yeah, Ryan's crotch went ballistic---wanted his then-wife to engage in public sex acts.


212 posted on 04/25/2010 2:19:09 PM PDT by Liz (If teens can procreate in a Volkswagen, why does a spotted owl need 2000 acres? JD Hayworth)
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