Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich leaves the Dirksen Federal Building while the jury deliberates in his corruption trial in this Aug. 12, 2010 file photo in Chicago, Illinois. The defense for former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich filed a new motion in an Illinois court today.
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Blagojevich is back and he's trying to sell the idea that he's innocent.
In the latest District Court filing submitted Monday, the Blagojevich legal team tried to build a case that he was not trying to "sell" the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama. In fact, the former Illinois governor has claimed, he was hard at work trying to broker a political horse trade that would appoint Lisa Madigan, the state's attorney general and daughter of the Illinois House speaker, to the post.Click title of this post for the full article.
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