Ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich never misses a chance to take a shot at his nemesis, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald. This time is no different.
By Amanda Carpenter
Washington Times
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich blamed federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald for the suicide of his friend Christopher Kelly and likened the attorney’s tactics to those used by a Soviet spy service in an interview with the Washington Times’ American Morning News on Tuesday.
U.S. Attorney Fitzgerald has accused the governor of engaging in a “political corruption crime spree” and had him arrested last year in order, he said, to stop him from selling President Obama’s vacated Senate seat. Mr. Blagojevich was impeached and removed from office by the Illinois legislature in January, but has maintained his innocence throughout the proceedings.
When asked how he felt about Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Blagojevich said he was holding him personally responsible for the suicide of his former fundraiser Kelly who was also charged in the corruption case. “His allegations are false, flat out false and his tactics, his tactics are very, very much open to question,” Mr. Blagojevich said. “Somebody now has taken his life because the pressure he felt to lie about me.”
