“Turner pointed to the U.S. attorney’s statement from the day Blagojevich was arrested, when he said prosecutors had stopped a “political corruption crime spree.”
“This is clear defeat for prosecutors,” Turner said. “The jurors’ message to Fitzgerald is — this was exaggeration and overstatement.”
Turner said Fitzgerald’s mistake was shutting down the covert investigation in 2008 and arresting Blagojevich — before whatever alleged schemes played out.
“Had they let things proceed, this could have been an open and shut case,” he said.”
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129260000
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Fitzie’s incompetence confirmed .... AGAIN.
Hey .. he’d fit right in the the WH crew.