Anyway, you may have heard the story of Impeached Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich.
In a nutshell, he was the Governor of Illinois when Obama was elected President. By the rules of the Constitution, when a Senator leaves office in mid-term, the Governor of the state selects the replacement.
During this 'selection process,' Blagojevich is wiretapped by federal agents. He is recorded trying to find the best deal for a person that wants this coveted Senate seat.
The Feds come out and - you might remember this - hold a press conference that they are going to arrest the Governor. They were literally yelling during this press conference - calling it “a political corruption crime spree," noting the despicable crimes committed by "Blago." He was indicted on 24 counts of bribery, extortion and corruption by a public official.
Blago professed his innocence and he went to trial. The federal goverment spend $30 million dollars on his trial. Prosecution presented their case for 28 days...the defense presented no witnesses.
Today, after 14 days of deliberation, the jury came back with a verdict - guilty on one count. Lying to a federal official.
Granted, lying is a bad thing. You are a bad person if you do it. Shame on you.
I don't know, just seems like a raw deal for Blago. Being from Illinois, that's really all I can expect from its Executive leadership. The last 4 Governors are either in jail or retired in disgrace.
Pretty sure Cherilyn Peniston or Jeffery Schitter would do a better job anyway.
UPDATE
Didn't take long for The Man to respond. I guess there was a lot of 'jury deliberation...' Check it out here.
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