Gov’t will retry on at least some of the counts...just announced.
Kinda like a Scooter Libby Redux.
The fix was in from the start, this will still be hot at the election cycle.
Fitzgeral batting .042! All he got out of the Valerie Plame BS was Scooter Libby! What a useless piece of Obama!
In my opinion, there are serious questions about his guilt. Maybe he was the fall guy.
Reminds me of Johnny Sutton going after Ramos & Campean.
Fitzie will now offer a “if you don’t appeal; we will not retry” deal.
The FBI incompetents generally use the “you lied to us” as a trap.
DRE!
Democrat Resume Enhancement!
Damn! I lost the Jury Lottery.
Immagine the payoff. 100K? Tuitions paid?
One “GUILTY”, 23 hung and Fitzgerald still wants to re-try him?
What a waste of taxpayers money...
One would think they would learn. Never, ever talk to the police for any reason unless you are pointing out the direction of a fleeing felon. Stupid people talk to the police. Scooter Libbey must have had some reason - he knows better.
This a huge win for IL Governor Candidate Bill Brady! Merry Christmas GOP!!! With him, Rangel and Waters the democrats are finished!!!
Pffft...."we're democrats, our corruption doesn't count".
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!!!
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!
LOL! "Lying to lying federal thugs"! Whottaloadocrap!
The fix was in from the start. Blago knew he was never endanger of any serious punishment. Blago was knee deep in the Chicago Mafia= Rafko, Obama, Ayers, Rahm, et al.
The jury was probably tampered with as well as a very ‘sympathetic’ judge. They read the paper too.
Larry Bland
Donald Young
Nate Spencer
Lt. Quarles Harris,Jr.
Bill Gwatney
David Kellerman
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Fitzgerald should now go into private practice where he can defend miscreants that don’t have a dog license or something on that level of crime.
Lying to the feds is always the catch-all charge when the prosecutors do not have or have not established evidence sufficient to prove to a judge or jury that the defendant is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
Personally I think that such a federal offense as lying to the feds is bull crap and proves nothing more than the feds do not have a case.
Again more taxpayer money will be spent to re-try Blago when the incompetent boobs, FBI agents that did a so-called thorough investigation should be reassigned to counting paper clips or something else that fits their actual qualifications.
So another politician that should be spending years residing in the gray-bar hotel will be celebrating along with his brother.
The saying goes; a motivated prosecutor could indict a ham sandwich if they wanted to.
Some background here about lying to federal agents, for your reading pleasure.
How to Avoid Going to Jail under 18 U.S.C. Section 1001 for Lying to Government Agents
By Solomon L. Wisenberg
Solomon L. Wisenberg is a partner and co-chair of the white collar criminal defense practice group of Barnes & Thornburg LLP .
http://library.findlaw.com/2004/May/11/147945.html
No question about it.
Chicago politics....Nothing more, nothing less.
Lie, cheat and steal..!!!!
Think Obama, Rahm, Daley, etc...
That's an unlawful offense?
Pelosi and Obama are walking as free people when this is the case?
Well, at least he didn't lie about some stupid like sex to a Grand Jury.