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Holdout Juror At Blagojevich Trial Explains Vote
Posted on 08/27/2010 4:59:07 AM PDT by paudio
CHICAGO (AP) - The juror who was the lone holdout on some counts at former Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich's political corruption trial has said she had a responsibility to follow her conscience and that she stands by her vote.
"I could never live with myself if I went along with the rest of the jury," JoAnn Chiakulas told the Chicago Tribune in her first media interview since the trial ended. "I didn't believe it was the correct vote for me."
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: blago; blagojevich; illinois; joannchiakulas
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She still can claim that she voted for her conscience if she 100% believed that the impact of convicted Blago would spill over to her beloved politician.
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posted on
08/27/2010 4:59:09 AM PDT
by
paudio
To: paudio
Which ambassadorship did she get?
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posted on
08/27/2010 5:01:09 AM PDT
by
agere_contra
(...what if we won't eat the dog food?)
To: paudio
“I was offered 100K cash and full tuition for my children at the school of their choice by two men who work for Mr. Blagojevich.”
“They said if I didn’t take it, one of the other jurors would”
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posted on
08/27/2010 5:02:02 AM PDT
by
Eddie01
(All we every really knew was it was crazy to be doin' it any other way)
To: paudio
As another FReeper said (sorry I don’t remember who): watch this woman very carefully over the next year or so.
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posted on
08/27/2010 5:07:57 AM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
To: paudio; Liz; STARWISE; maggief; onyx; penelopesire
The fact that her previous employer had connection to MOOseshelle certainly had no influence..It was what was right for her....Geez
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posted on
08/27/2010 5:13:12 AM PDT
by
hoosiermama
(ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
To: Steely Tom
Waiting for the article from THE GLOBE to come out with the details......
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posted on
08/27/2010 5:14:35 AM PDT
by
hoosiermama
(ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
To: paudio
"I didn't believe it was the correct vote for me." ???? She says this as if she's trying on new skirts.
To: Opinionated Blowhard
I think she cut the interview short because she had to catch her flight to her new home on the beach in Maui.
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posted on
08/27/2010 5:18:47 AM PDT
by
Mouton
To: paudio
I want ALL of the crooked Illinois pols called in the next trial. Emmanuel, Axelrod, Obama. ALL OF THEM! If they are going to waste more taxpayer money on a second trial, I want them ALL under oath.
To: paudio
I wonder how much she collected? We’ll probably never know. Shades of the “Teflon Don”.
To: originalbuckeye
Please add Hillary to your list. She deserves star billing as well.
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posted on
08/27/2010 5:37:00 AM PDT
by
seemoAR
To: paudio
>>>>”I didn’t believe it was the correct vote for me.”
She’s not there to make that kind of vote - she’s there to vote on the preponderance of the evidence, not how she “feels”. Stupid liberal.
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posted on
08/27/2010 5:39:36 AM PDT
by
Keith in Iowa
(TV News is an oxymoron.)
To: paudio
"I didn't believe it was the correct vote for me."It's not about you!
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posted on
08/27/2010 5:41:45 AM PDT
by
grobdriver
(Proud Member, Party Of No! No Socialism - No Fascism - Nobama - No Way!)
To: paudio
Is there a link for this, please?
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posted on
08/27/2010 5:42:21 AM PDT
by
FarmerW
(Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned. - Milton Friedman)
To: paudio
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posted on
08/27/2010 5:46:13 AM PDT
by
Hillbillary
(I know how to deal with Communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
To: Eddie01
Probably right. She was bribed. But then she is a Hillary supporter.
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posted on
08/27/2010 5:49:23 AM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: paudio
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posted on
08/27/2010 5:54:50 AM PDT
by
BADROTOFINGER
(Life sucks. Get a helmet.)
To: BADROTOFINGER
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posted on
08/27/2010 6:14:49 AM PDT
by
paudio
(The Democrats have been majority in Congress since 2006, not 2008!)
To: paudio
Interesting connections:
Breaking: Blago Holdout Retired State Employee (a community organizer)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2573371/posts
see post #34
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(holdout juror) JoAnn Chiakulas...>...X-husband attorney James Chiakulas...>..Blago....>...Obama......(follow the dots)
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posted on
08/27/2010 6:15:33 AM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
(Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.)
To: originalbuckeye
IMHO “under oath” means nothing to them.
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posted on
08/27/2010 6:41:45 AM PDT
by
mcshot
(Who is the power behind the MSM that is trying to take-down our Country?)
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