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Think he should have been found guilty or not guilty, no one will want to pay that money for the second trial. so we are losers, too. >> and it could be more than $3 million if it goes on and on and on and there were appeals, andy. so, andy, am i hearing you say that the u.s. attorney should drop it right now and let him serve time or go to jail for that one koupt in whicount he w and forget about the 23 others? >> i am sure that there are some taxpayers who would believe that, but we are not go...

illinois from the very beginning when this all happened i told them that i did not let them down, i didnt break any laws, i didnt do anything wrong. the government, the federal government and this particular prosecutor did everything he could to target me and prosecute me, persecute me, put pressure on my family, try to take our home, take me away from our kids, arrest me and the early morning hours on december 9th with patty and me in our bedroom and our little annie in bed with us, a...

declaration that sarah palin doesnt speak for them. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." a mysterious figure locked in a cell at guantanamo bay. now were learning about a new window into the cia interrogation and the governments case against him. our brian todd is looking into this for us. tell us what we have learned? >> u.s. officials say that he new crucial operational details of the 9/11 plot. now theres new information on tapes of his interrogation and new questions a...

Change some of the structural deficits that allowed this to happen. we at the bga have already suggested three or four changes that could, perhaps, create a climate in which government is conducted a little more honestly and with a little more integrity. well see if those things pass but i got to tell you, the wink and the nod and the this is the grease that makes the machine go, long gone. were fed up. and this trial was the moment i think that gives us enough impetus to go forward. otherwise t...

Hes not corrupt. >> and now in honor of the great tradition of political nepotism in chicago remember that blagojevich himself got his first jobs thanks to his father-in-law chicago alderman richard mels connections, i am joined by my father-in-law andy shaw the executive director of the better government association and former chief political reporter for wls tv in chicago. andy, how you doing? >> im doing great. how are you doing hosting the "rachel maddow show?" you know, i got you that gig. ...

>> and now in honor of the great tradition of political nepotism in chicago remember that blagojevich himself got his first jobs thanks to his father-in-law chicago alderman richard mels connections i am joined by my father-in-law andy shaw the executive director of the better government association and former chief political reporter for wls tv in chicago. andy how you doing? >> im doing great. how are you doing hosting the rachel maddow show? you know i got you that gig. i used every chip i ha...

Deficits that allowed this to happen. we have already suggested three or four changes that could perhaps create a climate in which government is conducted a little more honestly and with a little more integrity. well see if those things pass but i got to tell you, the wink and the nod and the this is the grease that makes the machine go, long gone. were fed up. and this trial was the moment i think that gives us enough impetus to go forward. otherwise there is no point in a good government group...

ubiquitous situation. it was an act to blunt the supreme courts citizens united ruling that opened the floodgate for corporations and unions to spend limitless amounts of money on u.s. elections. the democrats effort to pass a disclose act was blocked in the senate today by a republican filibuster. all republicans, present today, voted to effectively kill the disclose act. this vote was not a vote for or against the disclose act itself but a vote to merely begin debate on it and every ...

latest democratic effort in congress to fall victim to the now ubiquitous situation. the disclose act. it was an act to blunt the supreme courts citizens united ruling that opened the floodgate for corporations and unions to spend limitless amounts of money on u.s. elections.ç the democrats effort to pass the disclosed act was blocked in the senate today by a republican filibuster. all republicans, present today, voted to effectively kill the disclose act. to be clear this vote was n...

Teacher and somebody hes known all his life. thats the only place you can take this without knowing the facts. >> important point in terms of what we have from the indictment. again, allegations by the federal government, nothing proven, this man is innocent until proven guilty. the only facts we have are basically, "known most of his life," suggesting a long-standing relationship, and also that the initial meeting happens in 2010 after that congressional career is over as you noted. andy shaw -...