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Blagojevich guilty on false statements count (jury hung on other 23 counts)
ABC/WLS Chicago ^ | 8-17-10 | Paul Meincke

Posted on 08/17/2010 2:45:08 PM PDT by STARWISE

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

Only one paying is Robert IF they retry him. Blago's defense will now be paid by the taxpayers.

41 posted on 08/17/2010 3:12:35 PM PDT by StarFan
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To: Dengar01; All

UPDATE:

***Jury has chosen NOT TO TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS
AND VERDICT, and they don’t have to. It’s their choice.

I’m sure the hunt will be on by the press,
the prosecutors and defense team. Knowing about
this crowd, there’s probably already some clerk
negotiating.

***LIVE UPDATES AND ANALYSIS FROM COURTHOUSE

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/livenow?id=7096071


42 posted on 08/17/2010 3:12:41 PM PDT by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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To: maggief

YES! LOL ....


43 posted on 08/17/2010 3:13:33 PM PDT by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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To: STARWISE

Holding out for books deals? Hahaha!


44 posted on 08/17/2010 3:13:37 PM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief; STARWISE; onyx; penelopesire; Liz; SE Mom; mojitojoe
JJJ has already made a statement....Woo Hoo...Sandi and he have reason to sweat! Maybe he should just go in and tell everyone what he knows now! ;~)
45 posted on 08/17/2010 3:14:07 PM PDT by hoosiermama (ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
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To: FreedomPoster

The “you lied to us” is now a catch-all charge that is thrown in so that the jury can “agree” on, when nothing else can stick.

It also perpetuates the power of the state over citizenry.


46 posted on 08/17/2010 3:15:36 PM PDT by CutePuppy (If you don't ask the right questions you may not get the right answers)
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To: STARWISE; hoosiermama; maggief

We called it.

“It’s the Chicago Way.”


47 posted on 08/17/2010 3:15:58 PM PDT by onyx (Sarah/Michele 2012)
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To: STARWISE
The NEXT trial

I guess it's just me, but I think that if the government couldn't make their case the first time, they should get a second shot.

ML/NJ

48 posted on 08/17/2010 3:16:11 PM PDT by ml/nj
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To: maggief; STARWISE; hoosiermama; penelopesire; Liz; SE Mom; mojitojoe

Popcorn?

For the retrial, I’m hitting the booze! LOL.


49 posted on 08/17/2010 3:17:10 PM PDT by onyx (Sarah/Michele 2012)
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To: hoosiermama; maggief; STARWISE; penelopesire; Liz; SE Mom; mojitojoe
JJJ has already made a statement....Woo Hoo...Sandi and he have reason to sweat! Maybe he should just go in and tell everyone what he knows now! ;~)

Or go back to Spain and take Sandi with him this time. Har!

50 posted on 08/17/2010 3:18:44 PM PDT by onyx (Sarah/Michele 2012)
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To: maggief; onyx; hoosiermama; Liz; penelopesire; SE Mom; piasa; nutmeg; SunkenCiv; All

I’m dying .. they’re just saying the retrial could
get started fairly quickly .. BEFORE THE ELECTION.

ROFL !!!!!!!!!

Oh, thank you . . thank you .. our Angel in the
Whirlwind. Praise God .. bless us, protect us,
save us, dear Lord.

Saying that, thinking Blago was going to testify,
the Govt held back certain tapes, etc.

BRILLIANT MOVE, SAM ADAM AND DEFENSE TEAM!!!

Imagine: the govt wins nearly 99% of the time!!!!

Covering now

***LIVE UPDATES AND ANALYSIS FROM COURTHOUSE

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/livenow?id=7096071


51 posted on 08/17/2010 3:22:38 PM PDT by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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To: ol painless

Lying under oath is perjury.

If lying when you are not under oath is a crime, why wasn’t Clinton convicted when he was impeached? He pointed his finger at the nation on camera and said he didn’t have sex with that woman...


52 posted on 08/17/2010 3:24:18 PM PDT by alpo
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To: onyx
ROFL !!!

FRINK !!!

53 posted on 08/17/2010 3:25:10 PM PDT by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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To: CutePuppy

Precisely. The lesson is never talk to them. Sad but true.

Though in this case, you have to wonder what the vote was on the other 23. If it was 11-1 or 10-2, you have to wonder if someone “got” to a jury member or two. If the split was more even, no way they should re-try.


54 posted on 08/17/2010 3:25:26 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (No Representation without Taxation!)
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To: STARWISE

LOL. “Frink”


55 posted on 08/17/2010 3:28:46 PM PDT by onyx (Sarah/Michele 2012)
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To: STARWISE

Moral of the story (again): never try to “explain” things to the FBI.

It’s amazing how incompetent they are, everything was on tape and they couldn’t prove anything!!!


56 posted on 08/17/2010 3:28:46 PM PDT by mainsail that ("A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights" - Napoleon Bonaparte)
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To: STARWISE; onyx

Merry Fitzmas!

Is it too early for eggnog?


57 posted on 08/17/2010 3:29:12 PM PDT by maggief
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To: STARWISE
LOL!

Just as the Founding Fathers intended - "lying to federal agents" is a crime.

Of course, if Blago had hit Fitzgerald in the face with a pie, THAT would be ANOTHER felony count!

58 posted on 08/17/2010 3:29:47 PM PDT by an amused spectator (Watching the MSM with Obama is like watching Joslyn James with Tiger Woods)
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To: Mad-Margaret

love it - YES!!


59 posted on 08/17/2010 3:29:47 PM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: byteback
Gov’t will retry on at least some of the counts...just announced.

Sure, why not? They have a blank checkbook funded by taxpayer dollars - just as the Founding Fathers intended!

Oh, wait...

60 posted on 08/17/2010 3:31:17 PM PDT by an amused spectator (Watching the MSM with Obama is like watching Joslyn James with Tiger Woods)
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