Blagojevich Trial Starts This Week
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 1st, 2010 4:40 am by HL
Blagojevich Trial Starts This Week
Jury selection in former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s corruption trial is set to begin Thursday, the Chicago Tribune reports.
“The sprawling case covers years of investigation of Blagojevich and his closest associates, with whom he allegedly conspired to run Illinois government as a criminal racket from his earliest days in office. Also on trial with Blagojevich will be his brother, Robert, who once ran the governor’s campaign fund.”
“The prosecution’s case, which grew out of a federal investigation dubbed ‘Operation Board Games,’ will feature scores of secret recordings made in late 2008 of Blagojevich on the phone and in his political office. It also may include testimony from as many as four key Blagojevich insiders, all but one of whom have already been found guilty of charges connected to the investigation.”