Prosecutor tells jurors: Blagojevich lied to you

[The Northerner]

A federal prosecutor began making final arguments on Wednesday at the corruption retrial of Rod Blagojevich, telling jurors that the ousted Illinois governor lied to their faces for seven days on the witness stand.

Occasionally hitting her fist on a lectern as she spoke, government attorney Carrie Hamilton stepped to the center of the courtroom to address the panelists who have sat through six weeks of testimony.

"The defendant lied to you under oath in this courtroom," she said, countering Blagojevich's own first words to jurors that he was there "to tell you the truth."

Hamilton referred back to oaths that Blagojevich took as governor that he would fulfill his duties honestly and according to the law.

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[Drale]

1. He's lied about everything thus far

why would he change that just because he's under oath?

[louis-t]

2. Prosecutors always say that.

Imagine my shock the first time I testified on someone's behalf against a cop who followed my friend (a cute blond in a red sports car)out of a parking lot and pulled her over. After I was asked to leave the courtroom, the prosecutor told the jury that I would "lie to protect my friend". I almost came unglued when I found out.

[former9thward]

3. The prosecutors have a very weak case.

They have been name calling Blago in the Chicago media for three years now and it does not surprise me they continue to do so. They have concocted a story with no evidence to back it up.