CHICAGO (Aug. 17) — A federal jury found former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich guilty on Tuesday of one count of lying to federal agents, and the judge said he intended to declare a mistrial on the more serious remaining 23 counts.
U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald says the government is getting ready for a retrial of Blagojevich and his co-defendant brother as soon as possible. The charges had included the accusation that they had tried to sell or trade President Barack Obama’s old Senate seat and that the governor had tried to use the power of his office for personal gain.
Blagojevich said. "They could not prove I did anything wrong – except for one nebulous charge from five years ago."
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It’s f’ing golden! It sounds like to me the jury had one nut job in the jury room with them that wouldn’t play ball.
