Rod Blagojevich
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Yes. Look, I spent 2,896 days because of what they did and how they did it.
Yes. Look, I spent 2,896 days because of what they did and how they did it.
Yes. Look, I spent 2,896 days because of what they did and how they did it.
Oh, no, no. I would have. Oh, you mean just political bartering?
Oh, no, no. I would have. Oh, you mean just political bartering?
Oh, no, no. I would have. Oh, you mean just political bartering?
No, I think they were going to do whatever they did to get me no matter what. Why? Because they had spent so much time and money, five years.
No, I think they were going to do whatever they did to get me no matter what. Why? Because they had spent so much time and money, five years.
No, I think they were going to do whatever they did to get me no matter what. Why? Because they had spent so much time and money, five years.
I think part of it has to do with—a lot of it has to do with the actual U.S. attorney. His name is Patrick Fitzgerald. He and James Comey are real close. It's this sort of FBI, DOJ-type people who've become part of today's Department of Justice, and they feel like they're a power center of their own right— that they're this new political place in American government.
I think part of it has to do with—a lot of it has to do with the actual U.S. attorney. His name is Patrick Fitzgerald. He and James Comey are real close. It's this sort of FBI, DOJ-type people who've become part of today's Department of Justice, and they feel like they're a power center of their own right— that they're this new political place in American government.
I think part of it has to do with—a lot of it has to do with the actual U.S. attorney. His name is Patrick Fitzgerald. He and James Comey are real close. It's this sort of FBI, DOJ-type people who've become part of today's Department of Justice, and they feel like they're a power center of their own right— that they're this new political place in American government.
They are so dangerous to our freedoms in this country. I think it was largely that. He had convicted the previous governor, Republican Governor Ryan, of crimes that he had committed when he was the Secretary of State of Illinois. And so now he could be the first guy in history to get two straight governors. And I think it was that.
They are so dangerous to our freedoms in this country. I think it was largely that. He had convicted the previous governor, Republican Governor Ryan, of crimes that he had committed when he was the Secretary of State of Illinois. And so now he could be the first guy in history to get two straight governors. And I think it was that.
They are so dangerous to our freedoms in this country. I think it was largely that. He had convicted the previous governor, Republican Governor Ryan, of crimes that he had committed when he was the Secretary of State of Illinois. And so now he could be the first guy in history to get two straight governors. And I think it was that.
I think he wanted to leverage Obama to keep him in office so he could finish the job and get me after investing five years And he came up with nothing. That's why they invented the crimes from those conversations. And if anybody doubts this, and I fully understand why people would, the question I'd ask people is, well, you tell me what side is lying.
I think he wanted to leverage Obama to keep him in office so he could finish the job and get me after investing five years And he came up with nothing. That's why they invented the crimes from those conversations. And if anybody doubts this, and I fully understand why people would, the question I'd ask people is, well, you tell me what side is lying.