Rod Blagojevich

Blagojevich seeks to have counts dismissed

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is trying again to have several corruption charges thrown out based on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that curtailed an anti-fraud law used by prosecutors nationwide to convict politicians.[...]

Blagojevich Asks Judge To Dismiss 11 Charges
Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich has filed a new motion seeking to toss out several corruption charges against him, based on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling limiting the use of a federal anti-fraud law.[...]
Rod Blagojevich Trial Update: Blagojevich Wants Evidence Tossed
Rod Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor who is facing a retrial on April 20 for 23 charges including trying to sell or trade an appointment to President Barack Obama's vacated U.S. Senate seat, has asked that prosecutors be barred from playing any FBI wiretap recordings at his upcoming retrial.[...]
Rod Blagojevich seeks to toss wiretaps
Rod Blagojevich faces an April 20 retrial on 23 charges, including that he tried to sell or trade an appointment to President Barack Obama's vacated US Senate seat.[...]
Blagojevich wants wiretaps barred from trial
Attorneys for former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich asked a judge yesterday to bar prosecutors from playing FBI wiretap recordings at his upcoming retrial, arguing that the evidence at the heart of the government's case is unreliable.[...]
Rod Blagojevich Wants Wiretap Recordings Tossed

(UPI) -- Attorneys for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich filed a motion overnight to bar any wiretap recordings from being used during his retrial in April.[...]

Rod Blagojevich Lawyers Seek to Throw Out Wiretaps
Rod Blagojevich, the former governor of Illinois, had his attorneys file a motion to prevent the FBI from releasing recordings via wiretap to be played at his April 20 retrial, local media reported on Monday.[...]
Blagojevich seeks to toss key wiretap evidence

Attorneys for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich asked a federal judge on Monday to bar prosecutors from playing any FBI wiretap recordings to jurors.[...]

What's going on: Rod Blagojevich seeks to toss wiretaps

His attorney argues the evidence at the very heart of the government's case is unreliable.[...]

Blagojevich seeks to toss wiretaps
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich leaves the Federal Courthouse Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010, in Chicago. Jurors in Blagojevich's corruption trial have sent a note to the judge suggesting they may be deadlocked on some counts. (AP Photo/M. …[...]