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Extension sought in Blagojevich case
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| Last Edited | RBH Jan 01, 2009 02:41am |
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| Media | Newspaper - Boston Globe |
| News Date | Thursday, January 1, 2009 08:40:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | In the latest wrinkle in the Rod Blagojevich political soap opera, the chief federal prosecutor in the case asked yesterday for more time to indict the Illinois governor.
US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald filed a motion seeking a 90-day extension, saying "multiple witnesses" have come forward in recent weeks and investigators have to review "thousands of intercepted phone calls."
Federal prosecutors usually have 30 days to file an indictment against a defendant. That deadline would have been Jan. 7, and the extension would give until April 7 for Fitzgerald, who in announcing Blagojevich's arrest on Dec. 9 accused him of a political corruption "crime spree." A spokesman for Fitzgerald said a federal judge is scheduled to review the motion at a Monday hearing.
The delay means that Blagojevich could be impeached by the Illinois Legislature before he is formally indicted, and could put more pressure on the US Senate to seat Roland Burris, whom Blagojevich announced Tuesday as his pick to fill the seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama, which the governor is accused of trying to sell. |
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