Blagojevich prosecutors oppose retrial, Deny allegations of bias, Blagojevich 158 page motion, Prosecution 133 page motion

Blagojevich prosecutors oppose retrial, Deny allegations of bias, Blagojevich 158 page motion, Prosecution 133 page motion

“I believe I’m more pristine on Rezko than him.”…Rod Blagojevich

“Will Obama be thrown under the bus”

From the Chicago Tribune August 23, 2011.

“Blagojevich prosecutors deny allegations of bias”

“Responding to former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s motion to dismiss his June conviction on public corruption charges, federal prosecutors in a filing late Monday rejected  allegations of bias, saying trial decisions were focused on facts and evidence relevant to the charges.

Blagojevich filed a 158-page motion in late July, saying his case should be dismissed because of alleged widespread judicial and prosecutorial bias against him.

“In reality, there was no bias, manipulation, or unfairness on the part of the prosecution, judge or jury. Defendant was fairly convicted by a jury of his peers based on overwhelming evidence, and his post-trial motions therefore should be denied,” prosecutors said in their filing.

U.S. District Court Judge James Zagel, the judge at trial, will eventually rule on whether to dismiss the case. While that outcome would appear highly unlikely, the defense filing offered a glimpse of the likely issues that Blagojevich’s lawyers will target in an eventual appeal with a federal appellate court.

A federal jury convicted Blagojevich in June on 17 of 20 wire fraud, bribery, attempted extortion and conspiracy counts, including allegations he tried to sell the U.S. Senate seat left open by Barack Obama’s election to president in 2008.

The former governor was also convicted at his first trial last summer on a single count of lying to the FBI. The jury, however, deadlocked on all the other counts, setting the stage for the retrial. Blagojevich is set to be sentenced Oct. 6.

The government, in the 133-page motion, dealt with some of the more headline-grabbing allegations made by the defense, including the idea that there were missing phone calls amid the numerous wiretaps the government presented as evidence during the trial.

One of those calls involving former Blagojevich chief of staff John Harris, the government said, was simply not recorded and therefore not available.

“The likely reasons why the call was not intercepted are that Harris took the call on a non-wiretapped phone line, or that the call took place during a time his phone line was not being monitored,” the motion reads. “As the records provided to the defense make clear, there was no break in the wiretaps and no deletion of recordings that would account for this call not being recorded,” the government said of one of the calls.”

Read more:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-blagojevich-prosecutors-deny-allegations-of-bias-20110823,0,2667746.story

15 responses to “Blagojevich prosecutors oppose retrial, Deny allegations of bias, Blagojevich 158 page motion, Prosecution 133 page motion

  1. “‘I CREATED OBAMA’S CERTIFICATION OF BIRTH'” ~~
    “WHITE HOUSE LINKS TO DELIBERATE FORGERY FROM SNOPES.COM, THINKING IT WAS REAL”

    By Jerome R. Corsi
    © 2011 WND
    August 9, 2011

    Excerpt:

    “When the White House posted online an image of President Obama’s purported long-form birth certificate, it also linked to the previously circulated “Certification of Live Birth,” the short-form version that had been presented as the only birth documentation available.

    However, the short-form certificate to which the White House linked April 27 was a forgery, claims research expert Ron Polland, Ph.D., who says he made the image himself.

    “I made the birth certificate image that was given to the media at the White House press conference held on April 27, 2011,” Polland told WND.

    “The White House said the black-and-white image is a copy of Obama’s 2007 [Certification of Live Birth], but it’s not. It is the forgery I created, and I can prove that is the case,” he declared.

    Polland said he created the image to bolster his contention that the short-form Certification of Live Birth circulated by the Obama presidential campaign was a forgery.”

    Read More Here: http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=331525#ixzz1Vta7cZuV

    http://www.jeromecorsi.com

  2. “OBAMA CLAIMS HIS DICTATORIAL POWERS – STOP OBAMA’S HITLER COUP”

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IDa10k7tRo&feature=player_embedded

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    “THE DEBT CRISIS IS A TROJAN HORSE TO CAUSE FALL OF AMERICA! ALEX JONES TV”

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUBMRp7fkgk&feature=player_embedded

    * * * *

    “THIS IS WHY WE COMPARE OBAMA TO HITLER!”

    “No Western Govt Has Ever Claimed The Power To Do This! Not Hitler! Not Stalin! Not Russia Or China!” —Judge Napolitano

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GVN21ZWE0I&feature=player_embedded

    The Information Under This Video Reads:

    “Obama Lays Out Indefinite Detention System…”

    “In a stark reversal, the Obama administration announced Monday that it would resume military tribunals for suspected terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay. President Obama had ordered the prison be shut down on his second day at the White House and the announcement effectively amounted to an acknowledgment that the administration reached an impasse in its efforts to transfer some prisoners to the United States and prosecute them in federal court.

    Although administration officials insist the president is still committed to closing down the prison, he signed an executive order Monday that for the first time laid out the administration’s legal strategy to keep prisoners incarcerated indefinitely without trial.

    The executive order applies to “at least 48 of the 172 detainees” who are still in Guantanamo and Justice Department lawyers determined “could not be prosecuted in military commissions or in federal court because evidentiary problems would hamper a trial,” reports the Washington Post. Administration officials took pains to insist Obama’s executive order adds due-process rights that weren’t there under his predecessor, notes the Wall Street Journal. Within a year, each of the 48 detainees should receive an unclassified review detailing why they are to remain behind bars.

    Each detainee’s case will be fully reviewed every three years with interim reviews every six months to evaluate any new information. One attorney who represents 20 detainees tells the Washington Post “he sees no substantive difference between the new system and the review process under the George W. Bush administration.”

    The administration has not said anything about its plans for trying the men accused of plotting the Sept. 11 attacks.

    “Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.”

    —Thomas Jefferson

    Time For A New American Revolution?”

    Daily News @ http://RevolutionNews.US

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  3. MUST SEE OUTSTANDING VIDEOS!!

    “OBAMA THE TYRANT – TOTAL DISREGARD FOR CONGRESS & THE CONSTITUTION”

    “Judge Napolitano calls Obama out for utter disregard of Congress and the U.S. Constitution. How long before SOMEONE takes the initiative to remove this fraudulent rogue from Office?”

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    “JUDGE NAPOLITANO ON OBAMA’S CRIMES AS PRESIDENT”

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8-z-quSYOE4

    “Judge Napolitano brings to light many of the crimes Obama has committed as president. The list continues to grow.

    assassination
    murderer
    terrorism

    Obama has disregarded the U.S. Constitution and is out of control.

    A side note:

    President George W. Bush went to Congress and received their approval for the use of Military Force.

    The “Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq” was approved by Congress in October 2002.”

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    “TRUNEWS June 22 2011 – DOES OBAMA HAVE A FAKE IDENTITY? (Part 4)”

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h1__D1y-fQ&feature=player_embedded

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  4. Romney to Trump: Obama Doesn’t Need a Birth Certificate – Forbes
    Tuesday, August 23, 2011 2:16 PM
    From:
    “Lonnie Wolfe”

    http://www.forbes.com/sites/danielfreedman/2011/04/12/romney-to-trump-obama-doesnt-need-a-birth-certificate/

  5. http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2011/08/23/perry-up-bachmann-down-in-iowa-poll/?mod=google_news_blog

    A new poll out of Iowa finds that Rick Perry is the new favorite there, not Michele Bachmann, the big winner of the state’s recent straw poll.

    And support in Iowa for Texas congressman and libertarian Ron Paul appears to be surging.

    Asked who they would support for president if the vote were held today, 22% of the Republican voters polled picked Mr. Perry, the Texas governor, compared with 19% for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and 18% for Mrs. Bachmann, the Minnesota congresswoman. Rep. Paul came in fourth with 16% support, double his tally in PPP’s June poll. The numbers don’t change all that much if Ms. Palin is inserted into the mix. She comes in fifth, with just 10% support.

  6. Dictator-in-Chief Obama and US Congress Collaborating to Destroy USA?

    ENERGY RATES RISE ALONG WITH UNEMPLOYMENT AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP

    by Sher Zieve, ©2011

    Is Obama proud of his accomplishments to create a socialist state of the USA?

    (Aug. 23, 2011) — The facts are now so obvious and blatant that even dyed-in-the-wool Obama sycophants should be able to see and hear the truth. What took the people of this country generations of their blood, toil and sweat to accomplish and build has been destroyed in less than four years. The United States of America has been gutted of its financial resources, its people have had their rights to makes their own decisions about their lives (think ObamaCare, the First, Second and Fourth Amendments for starters) rescinded so that Obama and his cabal will decide for them, US citizens have had their jobs removed and so thoroughly decimated that they must now rely on the fewer and fewer still working and Obama’s good will (an oxymoron if I ever heard one) to survive. And now Obama has decided–as he promised to do but, the leftist elite and enough mentally deficient American voters chose to elect him anyway–to shut down coal (even the refurbished “clean coal” plants) production operations by using his EPA regulation hammer to drive them out of business. Remember that Obama couldn’t get his Cap & Trade through Congress, so he issued a dictatorial fiat. This is completely illegal and unconstitutional but…no one is stopping him.

    Dictator-in-Chief Obama and US Congress Collaborating to Destroy USA?

  7. bob strauss | August 23, 2011 at 9:27 pm | Romney to Trump: Obama Doesn’t Need a Birth Certificate – Forbes
    Tuesday, August 23, 2011 2:16 PM
    From:
    “Lonnie Wolfe”

    http://www.forbes.com/sites/danielfreedman/2011/04/12/romney-to-trump-obama-doesnt-need-a-birth-certificate/

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    romney really put his foot in his mouth.

  8. Birther Summit Broadens Candidate Pool For $15,000 Challenge
    ObamaRelease YourRecords on 11:44 AM

    BIRTHER SUMMIT BROADENS CANDIDATE POOL FOR $15,000 CHALLENGE
    Posted: August 22, 2011

    Fifteen Thousand Dollars for First Acceptance

    TO: Bill O’Reilly, George Stephanopoulos, Anderson Cooper, and Chris Matthews

    The Birther Summit recently issued a $15,000 challenge to Gen. Colin Powell (www.15000dollarchallenge.com). We would now like to broaden that challenge to include each of you. The first one to accept our challenge will receive the money, either for himself or his favorite charity.
    http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogspot.com/2011/08/birther-summit-broadens-candidate-pool.html

  9. Thanks for staying on top of this, CW. What a laugh, the prosecution’s response. I hope I live to see the real trials in real time one day.

    ~~

    An American Hero and His Best Friend.

    http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/article/obamacare-already-its-deathbed

    God Bless America.

  10. Fascinating, greater in depth more recent TruNews interview with Tom Fife:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxYLArgS8hQ

  11. Free Speech is RIGHT………..If Romney actually used those words then he has indeed put his foot in his mouth,and furthermore has probably ENDED ANY CHANCE he has ever had to become the POTUS. Once the word gets out, he is FINISHED.

  12. I’m not going to name any names, but an establishment RINO will show his true colors in a long campaign and not get the R nomination.

  13. Just in from my grown conservative daughter.
    See if you can guess the answers………..

    The Virginia fault line has been renamed in honor of a recent President.
    It will be known as ______ Fault

    The ground shaking was caused by a confluence of events, mainly..
    The _________ of the debt celing.
    The pResident approval hitting____ _______.
    The founding fathers in unison rolling ____ __ _____ ______.

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