Mikva told reporters after the panel adjourned that he has a very favorable opinion of Fitzgerald but that the prosecutor made a mistake by using emotional language.
"The conduct would make Lincoln roll over in his grave," Fitzgerald said the day of the Dec. 9 arrest. He also said Blagojevich had gone on "a political corruption crime spree." And Robert D. Grant, head of the FBI's Chicago office, told the same news conference that if Illinois "is not the most corrupt state in the United States it's certainly one hell of a competitor."
Blagojevich's attorneys complained afterward that that such remarks were unfair and said Fitzgerald should be removed from the case. They haven't brought up the issue since then.
Mikva was speaking at a panel on official corruption investigations as the ABA's annual meeting got under way,
Read on.
Memo to the former judge: Don't you think that Blago is tainting the potential jury with his upcoming book that he has published? How many of the potential jurors are going to run out and buy the book?
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You have to love these Republicans who condemn Fitz but stick up for the criminal. Blago has been one of the most corrupt Governors and for anyone to take up for him shows their lack of values.
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