Ethics and Social Mores Editor
What to do when you're facing dozens of charges of criminal corruption (including racketeering, conspiracy, and wire fraud)? Well, you might appear on a reality TV show like The Apprentice. Blagojevich was fired by Donald Trump after mismanaging a project (due to his inability to communicate...he cannot use a computer or send text messages, which left his team in the dark). When reality TV didn't work out, he would make numerous appearances as an Elvis impersonator.
It is Chicago, so some of us wonder if the fix was in with the hold-out jury member? Or was she mobbed up? Again, on the surface, she seems legit. She simply didn't buy the government's case. And it does look like the prosecution may have cut some corners due to overconfidence in their case. Who can really blame them--he was practically caught with his hand wedged in the cookie jar.
If you're Rod Blagojevich, after you are convicted on one count, and the prosecution announces it's intention to refile on the other 23 cases where the jury hung. . .what then? Well, The Ex-Gov has mounted a bizarre counterstrike in the media.
Blagojevich appears to be broke again, and is pondering a return to reality TV as he awaits The Blago Corruption Trial: The Sequel.
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