By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Can you say Day 11? Well, Wednesday marks the 11th day jurors will deliberate in the federal public corruption case against the over-chatty ex-Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich in downtown Chicago. The Associated Press reports that U.S. District Judge James Zagel told attorneys on Tuesday that he’s heard nothing from the jurors…
UPDATE: Tues, 10:55 p.m. — Jurors begin the 10th day of deliberations. By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Let the nail biting continue. Jurors in the public corruption trial of ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich begin deliberating Monday for the ninth day in U.S. District Court in downtown Chicago. Good chance a verdict will come by week’s end —…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Homegrown terrorists just keep popping up. The FBI on Tuesday night arrested a 26-year-old Chicago man, Shaker Masri, an American citizen, who allegedly had plans to travel to Somalia to fight with a terrorist group linked to al Qaeda and become a suicide bomber, authorities said. Masri, who lived in the…
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…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Closing arguments in the public corruption trial of Ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich were supposed to finish up on Monday, but those plans were derailed when Blago’s attorney got into a big tiff with the judge, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. The judge threatened to hold Blago’s attorney Sam Adam Jr in contempt…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The head of the FBI in Chicago and city’s Mayor Richard Daley got into a little tiff this past week. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Robert Grant, head of the Chicago FBI, shot back at the mayor who suggested the agency wasn’t doing enough to combat gun violence in the Windy…
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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Sometimes judges complain to federal prosecutors that their case is dragging on too long. But in Chicago, in U.S. District Court, there’s a bit of different twist. The defense for ex-Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich is complaining that prosecutors are moving far too quickly in trial and will finish presenting their case…
