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annie in bed with us, a sitting governor. that prosecutor said he was stopping a crime spree before it happened. this jury shows you notwithstanding the fact that the government threw everything but the kitchen sink at me that on every count except for one and every charge except for one they could not prove that i did anything wrong, that i did break any laws. >> the judge has declared a mistrial in those other 23 charges. prosecutors say they will retry blagojevich and co-defendant b...

stopping a crime spree before it happened. this jury shows you notwithstanding the fact that the government threw everything but the kitchen sink at me that on every count except for one and every charge except for one they could not prove that i did anything wrong, that i did break any laws. >> the judge has declared a mistrial. those other 23 charges. prosecutors say they will retry blagojevich and co-defendant brother on the other more serious charges. like the charge he tried to se...

Jeremiah diatribe about how a federal government is harassing and persecuting a family alleging a crime spree that couldnt be proven and more importantly using all of these resources at a time when drugs and gangs run rampant on the streets of chicago, several police officers have been killed this summer. they were playing right to the hearts and minds of prospective jurors by saying this is a federal government that has its priorities all wrong. now, that worked the first time around and it may...

The stand. so, maybe more theatrics, and as you point out, maybe higher cost as it goes to the appeal level which it invariably will. >> and i hear what you are saying, andy. andy shaw in the courtroom when those decisions were announced. we are standing by, if rod blagojevich, the former illinois governor shows up at the microphone, we are told he is still in the courtroom and we will go there live and hear what his attorneys say, and if patrick fitzgerald, the attorney, the prosecutor in the...

The second count that jury had sent word out they had reached a decision on two counts as we heard from andy shaw, and came back with one. i am sure that the prosecutors will want to look at that and also want to know and we will hear leaked out of this how the jurors did come down on this, the 23, was it 11-1 or 10-2 or where was it? it will make a big difference i think on how the public reacts to this. but we cannot walk away from this, and even though, yes, rod blagojevich beat the charges o...

Extraordinarily complicated even though they were instructed to find him guilty if he intended to do the crimes even without succeeding, they apparently werent persuaded but that was made clear, intent was enough and it seemed to be there all along to the prosecutions case but obviously a number of those jurors disagreed and thats why theyre hung on 23 count. >> great insights on legal points from andy and jeff. now lets talk about the politics. a great political panel. we asked them to come in ...

Completed. now, in the law books, it is a crime to say youre going to sell a government service to a campaign contributor. its a crime to talk about selling government contracts, selling a permit for a hospital, some of the cases -- the issues in this case, but jurors like to see a completed crime. jurors like to see, you know, an actual act of bribery take place and this case was mostly about talk and the defense was, it was only talk. and at least the jurors -- enough jurors bought that defens...

Of rod blagojevich, the former illinois governor who was convicted on one count, and making false statements to the fbi, and there was a deadlock, a hung jury on 23 other counts, including some very serious charges, including conspiracy and bribery and wire fraud and all of the others that the government immediately saying they will retry rod blagojevich in that process that will begin in the coming weeks, and months. andy shaw is joining us. he was inside the courtroom when the decisions were a...

In your political life. it is allowed. >> that was obviously -- >> of all of the serious stuff he was charged with, this is what he got in trouble for and convicted of. >> and charged with racketeering and wire fraud and attempted extortion and bribery and those are serious, and the jurors could not reach a verdict on any of them, but the federal government, and the u.s. attorney patrick fitzgerald will retry him on the 23 other counts. lynn, thanks very much. i want to bring in andy shaw right ...

Jury probably looked and said he was a bumbling and stumbling conniver and absolutely a bad governor who subverted and perverted the system, but maybe that is not a matter of guilt in their mines, but we dont know what those jury counts were, 11-1 in conviction or 11-1 acquittal and that will have a bearing of thou second trial comes down. >> andy shaw with the better government association in chicago. andy, thank you very much. this is cnn breaking news. the breaking news this hour comes fr...