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.
“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.
>>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.
Blago has a good cause to appeal, but it may depend on the [negotiated] sentence. I don’t think he is worried about retrial.
Yet the fed govthugs are allowed to lie to YOU all freaking day long.
Blago was prevented from having his attorney, a stenographer or his own recording device in his interviews with the FBI, as is typical with the ATF also. Blago claims his comments were taken out of context. The FBI/US Atty refuse to release the tapes of the entire conversation in which they played only edited snippets to the jury.
The speculation is that the parts of the tapes not played seriously implicate Rahm Emmanuel (and maybe others).
There is also speculation that Rahm was pissed that Blago would not appoint Rahm’s/Obama’s favored Valerie Jarrett and ordered the immediate arrest and prosecution for that reason.
Patrick Fitzgerald was selected by conservative anti-corruption icon Peter Fitzgerald and has been aggressive in going after IL’s bipartisan corruption. Karl Rove supported that IL corruption as it was led by his college buddy. That support of IL corruption was a major factor in going after Rove that the non-IL voices overlook.
Rahm is just as much a part of the bipartisan corruption as Rove. The bipartisan combine wanted Obama to fire the Bush appointed corruption fighting US Atty Fitzgerald.
It is very possible that Rahm made a deal: Prosecute Blago who pissed me off and we won’t fire you as US Atty.
Remember, this all happened within 1 month of Obama’s election and prior to actually becoming president.