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Prosecutors dismissed all charges against Robert Blagojevich




Jurors were unable to reach a verdict on any of the four counts against former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s older brother, Robert.
Jurors were unable to reach a verdict on any of the four counts against former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s older brother, Robert.
Prosecutors today dismissed all four charges against Robert Blagojevich. Robert was accused along with his brother, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich of scheming to sell or trade an appointment to President Obama's old Senate seat and squeeze people for campaign donations. All four charges against him ended in a deadlock. Blagojevich was previously charged with two counts of extortion conspiracy and one count each of wire fraud and extortion. He is a Nashville, Tennessee businessman.

Prosecutors said they made the decision based on the brother's less central role in the alleged schemes. The problem here is didn’t the prosecutors realized from day one that Robert had play a less central role in the alleged scheme?

Federal Judge James Zagel said today that he'll set a retrial date for early January for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Zagel said the trial won't begin any earlier than Jan. 4 but didn't indicate a time. The former governor received one guilty count and 23 counts deadlocked.



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