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Real-Time Following Blagojevich's Closing Argument

By Jeralyn

Bump and Update: The Government objected 18 times during Sam Adam's argument. Not all were sustained. One nugget:

Adams, Jr: "We heard yaking on the tapes. Put Joan and Melissa Rivers in a room and you wouldn't hear that much talk. He's an insecure man"

And some differing rulings:

...govt says "that was not evidence". Judge says the jury will decide what is evidence .... Prosecutor Schar jumps up and yells "mistatement of facts." Judge agrees.

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The best way to follow Sam Adam, Jr.'s closing argument in the Rod Blagojevich case is on Twitter using #Blagojevich. Those in the courtroom can't tweet, but I guess those in the overflow courtroom can.

WBEZ politics has this up so far: Adam addressed Blago's not taking the stand with “I had no idea - no idea - that in two months of trial they would prove nothing.”

He took on Jesse Jackson, Jr: “And you know who didn’t get arrested? Jesse Jackson, Jr.”

The Government is making a lot of objections and they are being sustained. " Zagel tells [Adam] to be "more precise."

Full post as published by TalkLeft on July 27, 2010 (boomark / email).