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...charges themselves are, if anything, more damning. The indictment against Blagojevich, his older brother Robert and four associates, which includes charges of racketeering conspiracy, extortion conspiracy, attempted extortion, making false statements and wire fraud, effectively paints the impeached ex-governor as the head of a vast criminal enterprise. "With RICO, these defendants are seen as no better than a street gang, common thugs," says Ronald Smith, a former prosecutor and current law professor at John Marshall Law School who has taught federal criminal law for 15 years...
Ever since Rod Blagojevich was roused out of bed one cold December morning, federal prosecutors have done their best to portray their colorful corruption case against the now former Illinois governor in the starkest possible terms. Normally tight-lipped U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald declared that Blagojevich, who was caught on tape allegedly trying to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat, had embarked on a "political corruption crime spree [that would] make Lincoln roll over in his grave." When the actual indictment came down April 2, the government was much more low-key, with no accompanying press conference or statement...
...presided over the most corrupt administration in Illinois history--and that is saying something.' JUDY BAAR TOPINKA, former state treasurer, on the federal indictment of Rod Blagojevich...
...Blagojevich, Rod •disinclination of to interrupt vacationing by at Disney World to discuss indictment of with reporters...
...Blagojevich. The already unpopular Illinois governor was caught in a federal investigation over his alleged attempts to sell a U.S. Senate seat. Apparently, that's not kosher...