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Judge denies Blagojevich request to see Obama interview notes

April 14, 2011
AP via Chicago Sun-Times

By MICHAEL TARM

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ICPR'S Paul Simon Fellows Respond to Blagojevich Trial

"What jumped out at both of us during yesterday’s testimony was the oversized role of fundraising in the former-Governor’s life. "



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Blagojevich Trial: Part 2, Overviewed

 

ICPR has taken the Paul Simon Fellows to the trial for two days now.  Click here to see their reflections.

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Rod Blagojevich takes stand: ‘I’m here today to tell you the truth’

May 27, 2011
Chicago Sun-Times

BY NATASHA KORECKI, ABDON  M. PALLASCH AND LARK TURNER Staff Reporters

With all eyes on him, Rod Blagojevich stood up, buttoned his suit-coat, pecked his wife on the cheek, then made the walk across a federal courtroom.

After years of false promises and of making statements only in front of television cameras, the former governor of Illinois on Thursday raised his right hand and took an oath before sitting in the witness chair.

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Rod Blagojevich takes the stand

May 26, 2011
Politico

By JENNIFER EPSTEIN

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Congressman Jackson, Rahm Emanuel Testify as Blagojevich Defense Witnesses

May 25, 2011
Bloomberg News

By Mario Parker -

U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. and Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel appeared as defense witnesses for Rod Blagojevich, the ex-Illinois governor being tried on corruption charges.

Jackson, an Illinois Democrat, and Emanuel, a former Illinois congressman and White House chief of staff, took the stand today in U.S. District Court in Chicago, where Blagojevich has been on trial since May 2.

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Jesse Jackson Jr. testifies of alleged extortion in Blagojevich retrial

May 25, 2011
Chicago Sun-Times

By NATASHA KORECKI AND ABDON M. PALLASCHStaff Reporters

When former Gov. Rod Blagojevich called U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. to testify Wednesday, it was in an effort to bolster his defense against corruption charges. But it might prove to have been a disastrous choice, as Jackson leveled a previously undisclosed extortion allegation against Blagojevich.

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Blagojevich defense opens with Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel

May 25, 2011
Chicago Tribune

By Jeff Coen and Bob Secter, Tribune reporters

More than two years after his arrest, and with two trials' worth of corruption evidence laid out against him, Rod Blagojevich finally began to tell his side of the story in court Wednesday, and things did not go entirely as he planned.

Hoping to start his defense with a bang, Blagojevich called to the witness stand two big names of Chicago politics. And he is preparing to testify as soon as Thursday in what promises to be the trial's climactic phase.

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