Blago's ex-friends line up to testify against him
source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-blago-whatnext-bd-05-apr05,0,7070058.story
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In the wake of one of the most sweeping public-corruption indictments in Illinois history, former Gov. Rod Blagojevich faces a legal landscape in which his former friends are turning against him, his wife remains in the cross hairs of federal prosecutors and his team of attorneys is again in disarray.
In short, his plan to fight charges that he ran state government as a criminal enterprise for most of the decade has become a seemingly steep uphill climb.
Late Friday afternoon, Blagojevich lost a leading criminal-defense lawyer for the second time since his December arrest, as veteran attorney Terence Gillespie said he was bowing out, citing a conflict of interest. Gillespie was hired months ago to assist in the defense of indicted Springfield power broker William Cellini, so when prosecutors on Thursday added Blagojevich's case to Cellini's pending indictment, it forced Gillespie's hand.
"I never had imagined the Cellini matter would be joined up with the Blagojevich case," Gillespie said
In short, his plan to fight charges that he ran state government as a criminal enterprise for most of the decade has become a seemingly steep uphill climb.
Late Friday afternoon, Blagojevich lost a leading criminal-defense lawyer for the second time since his December arrest, as veteran attorney Terence Gillespie said he was bowing out, citing a conflict of interest. Gillespie was hired months ago to assist in the defense of indicted Springfield power broker William Cellini, so when prosecutors on Thursday added Blagojevich's case to Cellini's pending indictment, it forced Gillespie's hand.
"I never had imagined the Cellini matter would be joined up with the Blagojevich case," Gillespie said
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with friends like his....who needs enemies.
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