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Was his sentence too harsh? Was an injustice corrected? I know he tried to sell BHO's senate seat, he claims as a joke and fund raiser, but I don't know enough of the case to care one way or another.
 
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Prison was not kind to this man.



 
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Anderson Cooper calls 'bulls--t' in heated Blagojevich interview

CNN's Anderson Cooper clashed with former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) in a heated interview Friday night, with Cooper calling "bulls**t" on Blagojevich as they talked about his prosecution.
This week, President Trump commuted Blagojevich's 14-year sentence after eight years behind bars. Blagojevich's return home from prison was at the center of the interview Friday night before it quickly devolved.
The arguing escalated after Blagojevich alleged he was the target of "corrupt prosecutors" when he was charged with corruption, including attempted extortion.

Cooper and Blagojevich continued to clash after the former governor said his time in prison showed him the need for criminal justice reform, and Cooper fired back that he didn't do enough as governor to address the issue.
"It's a little ironic and frankly a little sad and pathetic and hypocritical you talking about getting a commutation of a sentence, which is within the president's right, but you ignored a whole hell of a lot of other people who were hoping you might give them clemency when you actually mattered," Cooper said.
"When you have all the time that I was given to think and look back on some of the things you might have done different, that's certainly an area that you talked about that I wish I had done more on," Blagojevich responded. "There's no question about that. That's among my biggest regrets."
"I didn't know how corrupt the criminal justice system was until they did it to me," he added.
The two continued to go back and forth before Cooper began to wrap up, saying: "I do wish you the best. I'm glad for your family that you're out."

"I don't know about that, the way you're asking me questions," Blagojevich said.
That's when Cooper ended the interview, calling "bulls**t" on the former Illinois governor.
"Look, I have no problem with you getting out," Cooper began. "The president can commute whoever he wants. I just think - I wish - you're besmirching prosecutors who actually are no longer in government, but prosecutors are important in our system and you are going after the very basis of our justice system, which has plenty of problems but, you know, part of the thing is you got out, you do have an obligation to at least admit what you did wrong and you refuse to do that and you're creating a whole new alternate universe of facts and that may be big in politics today but it's still frankly just bulls**t."
Blagojevich shot back "It's not bulls**t" before the interview wrapped.

Blagojevich was removed from office in 2009 and was later convicted of a wide array of corruption charges. He was accused of trying to sell former President Obama's Senate seat after he was elected to the White House in 2008.
He was infamously caught on tape speaking about the pay-for-play scheme involving Obama's seat.
"I've got this thing, and it's f-----g golden. I'm just not giving it up for f-----g nothing," Blagojevich said in a recorded phone call.
The former governor has advocated for a pardon or a reduced sentence for years, appealing directly to Trump in some cases. His wife, Patti, also regularly appeared on Fox News to argue for clemency.
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Tecumsehsbones said:
You didn't read your own article, did you?
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Blagojevich was removed from office in 2009 and was later convicted of a wide array of corruption charges. He was accused of trying to sell former President Obama's Senate seat after he was elected to the White House in 2008.
He was infamously caught on tape speaking about the pay-for-play scheme involving Obama's seat.
"I've got this thing, and it's f-----g golden. I'm just not giving it up for f-----g nothing," Blagojevich said in a recorded phone call.
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I guess I'll have to wait for Paul Harvey for the rest of the story, we all know it will never come out RIP Paul
 
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Twin_Moose said:
I guess I'll have to wait for Paul Harvey for the rest of the story, we all know it will never come out RIP Paul
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Here's the relevant part. . .

Rod Blagojevitch was duly convicted under laws that were long established and well known, after a trial in which he had the best defense money can buy.

Now he's claiming he never did anything wrong.

If you believe that, you must necessarily believe that the criminal justice system is a complete crap-shoot, no better or worse at finding and punishing guilt than a coin flip.

And you must also believe that Trump is somehow able to magically divine Da Troof which somehow eluded the scores or hundreds of investigators, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and decision-makers involved in the case.

Of course, you do believe that, so I guess we're good.

I'm sure the donations had nothing to do with it.
 
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OK back to where I said was the sentence too harsh? Is commuting it justified? nowhere did I say he was not guilty I wrote that I haven't made my mind up whether it was a good thing that it was commuted.

Was he sentenced heavier because it was BHO's seat not some other dude's? Or was it the going sentence for trying to sell a senate seat?
 
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Twin_Moose said:
OK back to where I said was the sentence too harsh? Is commuting it justified? nowhere did I say he was not guilty I wrote that I haven't made my mind up whether it was a good thing that it was commuted.
Was he sentenced heavier because it was BHO's seat not some other dude's? Or was it the going sentence for trying to sell a senate seat?
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That's why I questioned whether you actually read the article you posted. Here's the relevant part, from your own article. . .

"Look, I have no problem with you getting out," Cooper began. "The president can commute whoever he wants. I just think - I wish - you're besmirching prosecutors who actually are no longer in government, but prosecutors are important in our system and you are going after the very basis of our justice system, which has plenty of problems but, you know, part of the thing is you got out, you do have an obligation to at least admit what you did wrong and you refuse to do that and you're creating a whole new alternate universe of facts and that may be big in politics today but it's still frankly just bulls**t."

(emphasis mine)

I understand that you're trying to spin this to all pro-Trump, but Cooper explicitly said that the "bullshit" was not the sentence or the clemency, but the fact that Blagojevich is claiming he did nothing wrong.

But y'all go right ahead on and ignore that, mmm-kay?
 
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I do agree if he did something wrong admit to it, must be something in the Illinois Democrat water, 'cause Jussie Smollett is following the same playbook
 
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