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Convicted of lying to federal agents five years ago so technically thats a win for the prosecution. but on all 23 other counts, the bulk of the case -- the alleged bribery, attempted extortion, sale of the senate seat -- the jury simply couldnt agree on a verdict. on those counts the ex-governor fights the government to a draw. but soon will come round two. angry, defiant. the ex-governor accused the u.s. attorney of conducting a persecution, not a prosecution. because the jury could not reach a...

Or want to know who contributes to him or want to know who contributes to him. guilty on that count, and no decision and hung jury on 23 other counts, including charges, serious charges, racketeering, wire fraud, attempted extortion, bribery, attempted extortion and conspiracy and all of the other charges that the jurors could not reach a decision on. lets bring in our political analysts roland martin and mary matalin. and roland, how surprised were you by this since you live in chicago and you ...

In this case. no way he comes out of this with public thinking hes anything other than a sleazebag. hes a big talker, blow hard and all the rest but this is not one in which hell come out smelling like a rose at all with public opinion. >> even though, david, he was not convicted of racketeering, wire fraud, attempted extortion, bribery, conspiracy, those are much more serious charges than making a false statement to an fbi agent. >> well, so far as we know hes not been acquitted on those counts...

Right there right now. and we will see if he stops off to the microphones and makes a statement to the american people. he is outside of the courtroom right now, and the microphones are right outside. we will see what if anything he says as we pointed out repeatedly over the last hour and hour and a half, no verdict on racketeering, wire fraud, attempted extortion, bribery, extortion, conspiracy, and he is a convicted one-count of making false statements to the fbi, and in other words, lying to ...

>> let me interrupt you on that point. because we are now told that the jury has been able to reach a verdict on that count. count 24. thats the only count they have been able to reach a verdict on. the 23 other counts they have not been able to reach a verdict on. including racketeering, wire fraud, attempted extortion, bribery, conspiracy, extortion conspiracy, attempted extortion, all of these other 23 counts we are now told no verdict. the jury has been deadlocked on those 23 counts. they re...

Had some minor scrapes with the law. moved to virginia and was married there for three years before divorcing in 2007. his exfather-in-law says he was verbally abusive to his wife. he also worked at some behavioral treatment centers in the state of virginia and left that employment, that job, in 2008. and then moved back to michigan in may of 24 this year. that is when police say the stabbing spree began. at this point we are still waiting to find out when this suspect will be returned to the st...

Acres, forced more than 2,000 people to evacuate, and called for officials to declare a state of emergency. crews in kern county battled the fires overnight to try to keep them contained. at least 25 homes have already burned to the ground. investigators suspect the wildfires were started by humans. theres now twice as many crews trying to clean up the 800,000 gallon oil spill that made its way to michigans kalamazoo river. even so a canadian energy company doesnt know what caused the 30-inch ...

Finally gets to decide the fate of mr. rod blagojevich first thing tomorrow morning. while blagojevich is most famous for his alleged attempt to sell president obamas bleeping golden senate seat the former governor is facing many charges, 24 to be precise including racketeering, conspiracy to commit racketeering, wire fraud, attempted extortion, conspiracy to commit extortion, bribery, conspiracy to commit bribery, and making false statements to the government. even facing all that, rodç blago...

Governor of illinois a jury finally gets to decide the fate of mr. rod blagojevich first thing tomorrow morning. while blagojevich is most famous for his alleged attempt to sell president obamas bleeping golden senate seat the former governor is actually facing a whole slew of charges. 24 to be precise including racketeering, conspiracy to commit racketeering, wire fraud, attempted extortion, conspiracy to commit extortion, bribery, conspiracy to commit bribery, and making false statements to th...

Enter dollars a plea of innocent and im not on meds. he was hugging people, going through security with his attorneys, high fiveing, shaking hands with people. one woman said im praying for you, governor, im with you through the end, but once he got into court, a litany of new charges against him, including racketeering, attempted extortion, bribery, bribery, conspiracy, and extortion of conspiracy. all of it has to do with that senate seat vacated by president obama because he used to be a sena...