Rod Blagojevich asks for third trial over Senate fraud charges
― Rod Blagojevich asks for third trial over Senate fraud charges ∙ Former Illinois governor charged with selling US president's Senate seat claims recent retrial was hampered by errors. ∙ The former governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, has asked a judge to grant him a third trial over charges he tried to sell or trade Barack Obama's vacated Senate seat after what he has alleged were errors and biases at his recent retrial. ∙ In a 158-page motion, considered voluminous even [...].
