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PostSubject: Corrupt Blagojevich calling himself a political prisoner is nuts    Corrupt Blagojevich calling himself a political prisoner is nuts Icon_minitimeSat Feb 22, 2020 7:28 pm
Ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich again proclaimed himself a "political prisoner" Friday night in a heated interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper.

Blagojevich, a one-time contestant on "The Celebrity Apprentice," was convicted in 2011 of federal charges of using his powers as governor to extract campaign money and other political favors in exchange for naming a successor to fill the Illinois Senate seat left open when Barack Obama became president.

Blagojevich walked out of federal prison Tuesday after President Donald Trump commuted his 14-year sentence. He served nearly eight years.



"I am a political prisoner," Blagojevich said on CNN, echoing claims he made earlier in the week.

Cooper wasn't having it.

"Wait a minute, you're a political prisoner? Nelson Mandela was a political prisoner. Political prisoners have no due process and are unjustly jailed," Cooper said. "You're hardly a political prisoner."

Blagojevich was charged with corruption and removed from office in 2009 by a unanimous vote in the Illinois Senate. He was indicted by a federal grand jury and convicted in 2011 on 17 charges, including trying to extort a children's hospital for contributions. In 2015, he appealed his case to the Seventh Circuit in Chicago, which called the evidence against him "overwhelming." The Supreme Court twice denied to take up Blagojevich's appeal.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/02/22/blagojevich-pardon-anderson-cooper-calls-out-political-prisoner-claim/4841660002/

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