Blagojevich Ruling Draws Line on What Is, Isn’t Corruption
via The Washington Post
CHICAGO — Federal judges who tossed several of Rod Blagojevich’s corruption convictions endeavored to answer a question legal observers said Wednesday had gone largely unanswered: Just when does an elected official cross the line between legal and illegal political horse-trading?
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago overturned five out of 18 wide-ranging counts against the imprisoned former Illinois governor, focusing the bulk of its 23-page opinion on Blagojevich’s bid to trade his power to appoint someone to the U.S. Senate seat that Barack Obama vacated to became president for either campaign cash or a top job.
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