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**SHaEFU0i** · 08-24-2010, 01:24 AM

Dead Fish should be called...along with Dear Leader and Dingy Harry...

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefi...ify-in-retrial

Blagojevich: Will call Emanuel, Reid, Menendez in retrial

By Jared Allen - 08/22/10 09:45 AM ET

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Sunday he would call a host of high-profile witnesses — including White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel — to testify if he is retried on corruption charges.

Blagojevich, in a combative interview on "Fox News Sunday," said he was ready for a second trial on charges he tried to sell President Obama's former Senate seat. Federal prosecutors have vowed to retry Blagojevich after a jury deadlocked on all but one of 24 criminal counts the government brought against the Democrat.

"In the second round, we're going to put a defense on, I'm sure," Blagojevich said, vowing to call Emanuel, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), DSCC Chairman Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) to testify in his defense.

Blagojevich also said he would again attempt to subpoena Obama. That attempt was rejected during the first trial.

"We would call Rahm Emanuel and a whole bunch of other people in the second trial to show what was really going on," Blagojevich said. "The decision I made was to try to make a political deal. Rahm Emanuel a day before my arrest was going to make it happen. They did nothing wrong either."

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SHaEFU0i Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 426 Senior Member	Dead Fish should be called...along with Dear Leader and Dingy Harry... http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefi...ify-in-retrial Blagojevich: Will call Emanuel, Reid, Menendez in retrial By Jared Allen - 08/22/10 09:45 AM ET Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Sunday he would call a host of high-profile witnesses — including White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel — to testify if he is retried on corruption charges. Blagojevich, in a combative interview on "Fox News Sunday," said he was ready for a second trial on charges he tried to sell President Obama's former Senate seat. Federal prosecutors have vowed to retry Blagojevich after a jury deadlocked on all but one of 24 criminal counts the government brought against the Democrat. "In the second round, we're going to put a defense on, I'm sure," Blagojevich said, vowing to call Emanuel, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), DSCC Chairman Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) to testify in his defense. Blagojevich also said he would again attempt to subpoena Obama. That attempt was rejected during the first trial. "We would call Rahm Emanuel and a whole bunch of other people in the second trial to show what was really going on," Blagojevich said. "The decision I made was to try to make a political deal. Rahm Emanuel a day before my arrest was going to make it happen. They did nothing wrong either."
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