Blagojevich guilty on false statements count (jury hung on other 23 counts)

ABC/WLS Chicago ^ | 8-17-10 | Paul Meincke

[Dengar01]

This a huge win for IL Governor Candidate Bill Brady! Merry Christmas GOP!!! With him, Rangel and Waters the democrats are finished!!!

[Candor7]

Kangaroo Trial gets Kangaroo vedict.I hope Blagovich sings like a canary when its all done.

[STARWISE]

Robert Blago’s attorney just saying ..

“.. well, we can do some things differently, too.”

Asked what

“Like call other witnesses .. Jessie Jr., for example.”

Wooooo boy ..

The NEXT trial will be a DOOZY.

[CutePuppy]

One count of “not being truthful with law enforcement” - that’s what Fitz does best - that’s how he got I. Lewis Libby.

Prosecution made a horrible case against Blago:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2556569/posts?page=27#27 - It’s Over: Blago Won’t Testify At Trial, FR, 2010 July 21

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2556569/posts?page=39#39

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2534395/posts?page=39#39 - Blago once offered Holder a $300K job / Witness charts money flow in Blagojevich case - FR, 2010 June 17

[ol painless]

“The FBI incompetents generally use the “you lied to us” as a trap.”

I do not condone lying, however, does anybody else find the charge of ‘lying to federal investigators’ just a little disturbing? Just one unintentional slip-up and they can throw the book at you. It could happen to anyone.

[CutePuppy]

NOT “unexpected”.

[Orange1998]

Convicted of Lying? All politicians are professional liars. Spend millions in trial to tell us something we all ready know ??

[sharkhawk]

One “GUILTY”, 23 hung and Fitzgerald still wants to re-try him?

One guilty and 23 hung along with the reports of requests makes me believe there was one holdout on a lot of the counts.

[presently no screen name]

THE BIG FISH WERE TOTALLY EXCLUDED from this trial .. it was a complete farce.

TRUTH BUMP!!

[STARWISE]

If only ...

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[FreedomPoster]

>>The FBI incompetents generally use the “you lied to us” as a trap.

Now seems a good time for a reminder for all:

Don’t Talk to Cops, Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8z7NC5sgik

It’s not the 1950s any more. Just ask Martha Stewart.

[Mad-Margaret]

There are a lot of Chicago machine politicians who must be soling their pants on this one.

What a waste of taxpayer money. All they could get was a Martha Stewart conviction.

[byteback]

Really sucks that he has to pay his lawyers for another trial.

[CutePuppy]

Blago has a good cause to appeal, but it may depend on the [negotiated] sentence. I don’t think he is worried about retrial.

[maggief]

Is Lincoln rolling over in his grave? LOL!

More popcorn!!

[hoosiermama]

But the defense will also get to call Rezko, Emanuel, Jarrett, SEIU Tom Balanoff, maybe -0 and other IL/Chicago thug/union elements, etc. whom they might think is wise next time to illustrate the true raw and rotten underbelly of IL politics and the pay to play system embedded there.

Almost worth having a second trial....tic tic tic

[RckyRaCoCo]

So he's only found guilty on the "Martha Stewart" charge?

Pffft...."we're democrats, our corruption doesn't count".

[Mad-Margaret]

And wouldn’t ya love it if one of those jurors actually admitted that the exclusion of the big fish played a part in their decision?

Newflash: Jurors says they are not going to talk to the media at this time.

[stylin19a]

Where in sam hill is Fitz gunna find an un-biased jury ?

[hinckley buzzard]

Compared to Hillary Clinton's congressional testimony as FL, when she claimed "I just don't remember" about sixty times, Libby's was an open and shut case of mild memory confusion. Totally bogus and George Bush should have had the integrity to pardon him while saying so.