Blagojevich lawyers want U.S. attorney off case
CHICAGO (AP) – Gov. Rod Blagojevich's defense attorneys have asked a federal judge to throw U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald and all of his assistants off the fraud and bribery case against him.
Chief defense counsel Edward Genson said in a motion Thursday that the news conference Fitzgerald held in announcing the charges was so filled with prejudicial publicity that the prosecutor should bow out.
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