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the prosecution rested its case this week in the federal corruption trial of former illinois governor rod blagojevich. not without some testimony that costs the obama white house in an unflattering light. washington columnist kim strasseline and john have been following the trial and have some of the details. so, john, this is in part a trial whether former governor blagojevich was trying to sell his senate seat and the president and his aides said he had no interest in figuring out and influencing who followed obama in that senate seat. what s the trial telling us, is that right. two witnesses sworn under oath they did get messages one from president obama and one from rahm emanuel. paul: oh. yes, that the president wanted valerie jarrett and was pushing valerie jarrett. these were not calls to blagojevich himself, but they ....
the prosecution rested its case this week in the federal corruption trial of former illinois governor rod blagojevich. not without some testimony that costs the obama white house in an unflattering light. washington columnist kim strasseline and john have been following the trial and have some of the details. so, john, this is in part a trial whether former governor blagojevich was trying to sell his senate seat and the president and his aides said he had no interest in figuring out and influencing who followed obama in that senate seat. what s the trial telling us, is that right. two witnesses sworn under oath they did get messages one from president obama and one from rahm emanuel. paul: oh. yes, that the president wanted valerie jarrett and was pushing valerie jarrett. these were not calls to blagojevich himself, but they ....