Posted on 04/16/2018 8:17:10 AM PDT by PROCON
The Supreme Court has for the second time rejected an appeal by imprisoned former Gov. Rod Blagojevich of his convictions on corruption charges.
The justices did not comment Monday in letting stand the convictions and 14-year prison term that Blagojevich is serving. He's scheduled to be released in 2024.
Blagojevich's lawyers had wanted the high court to take up his case to make clear what constitutes illegal political fundraising. They argued that politicians are vulnerable to prosecution because the line between what's allowed and what's illegal is blurry.
His convictions included trying to extort a children's hospital for contributions and seeking to trade an appointment to the Senate seat Barack Obama vacated when he was elected president for campaign cash.
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poor Blago...
I actually saw Jesse Jackson’s picture on TV on “The Word” network a couple of weeks back.
So they’re still selling him. They still were using Myles Munro, too, long after his death in the plane crash. Last time I saw Myles picture was about 6-12 months ago.
Myles I actually liked.
I’d say Blago would need federal protection especially in prison, but given that Comey, Mueller, Rosenstein, McCabe are/were involved, there’s no telling who could get to him.
I’m sure Blago is well-aware of that.
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