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Blago watch: Listening to the tapes

 
The Chicago Tribune writes up yesterday’s action in the impeachment trial. Blagojevich’s "voice resonated through the Illinois Senate at his impeachment trial Tuesday in the first tantalizing airing of the undercover recordings that triggered his arrest on federal corruption charges. But the snippets of bugged phone calls cut both ways for House prosecutors trying to boost their case for removing the governor by using his own words against him. Some senators said the recordings strengthened their...( read more ) (link)

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