Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Reid J. Schar, lead prosecutor in the Rod Blagojevich corruption retrial in 2011, may have cinched the convictions that sent Blago to prison with the question: “Mr. Blagojevich, you are a convicted liar, correct?” Now Schar, 40, is taking his show on the road. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Schar is leaving…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Loaded for bear, federal prosecutors began their cross examination Thursday of the ever-chatty ex-Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich with a very blunt question. “Mr. Blagojevich, you are a convicted liar, correct?” Assistant U.S. Attorney Reid Schar asked, according to the Chicago Tribune. “Yes,” answered Blagojevich, according to the Trib. His lawyers tried…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Let’s face it: There are few things in life more important than Oprah — at least in some circles. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that a prospective juror in the trial of ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said she didn’t want the trial to ruin her chance to attend a taping of the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s nice to get a courtesy call from time to time. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that’s just what Rahm Emanuel got from Chicago’s U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald the morning that Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested in Dec. 9, 2008. Emanuel had been selected as President-elect Obama’s chief of staff. Sun-Times…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s judgment day for ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Federal jurors in his public corruption case are expected to get jury instructions on Wednesday and then begin deliberating. Deliberations are likely to take several days and go into next week. In closing arguments, his attorney Sam Adam Jr. portrayed the ex-governor as…
