Blagojevich wants judge to toss wiretaps from evidence
Associated Press
CHICAGO
Attorneys for Rod Blagojevich are asking a judge to throw out secret wiretap recordings made of the former Illinois governor in 2008, claiming there are gaps in the tapes.
Defense attorneys say the gaps may contain context needed to understand the conversations. In their motion filed early today, they asked a judge to prevent jurors from hearing any wiretaps.
Blagojevich faces an April 20 retrial on 23 charges, including that the impeached governor tried to sell or trade an appointment to President Barack Obama’s vacated U.S. Senate seat.
The motion cites the best known wiretap of all, where Blagojevich says the seat that it is “(bleepin’) golden” and he’s “not giving it up for (bleepin’) nothing.”
The filing claims there are three gaps totaling four minutes in that one call.