{"id":450,"date":"2010-08-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/communitynews\/2010\/08\/blagojevich-found-guilty-of-ly.html"},"modified":"2010-08-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-18T00:00:00","slug":"blagojevich-found-guilty-of-ly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/communitynews\/2010\/08\/blagojevich-found-guilty-of-ly.html","title":{"rendered":"Blagojevich Convicted of Lying to FBI Agents"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the 14th day of deliberations, a jury found former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich guilty of one count of lying<\/a> to federal agents. With the jury deadlocked on 23 other counts, the judge declared a mistrial on those charges in Blagojevich’s corruption trial. The jury also deadlocked on all four counts against his brother, Robert Blagojevich of Nashville, Tenn.
\nProsecutors want to retry the case against the former governor who faces up to five years in prison for making false statements to the FBI. Prosecutors also plan to retry his brother.
\nShare your thoughts about the case<\/a> against the politician<\/a> accused of trying to sell or trade the U.S. Senate seat once held by President Obama and he tried to use his office to benefit himself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the 14th day of deliberations, a jury found former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich guilty of one count of lying to federal agents. With the jury deadlocked on 23 other counts, the judge declared a mistrial on those charges in Blagojevich’s corruption trial. 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