By Ray Long and Jeff Coen,Chicago Tribune
Blagojevich is Railroaded to Protect Obama
Blagojevich’s lawyer Ed Genson bemoans his inability to call witnesses.
Heading toward a decision on the ultimate political sanction,members of a House impeachment committee Monday rejected complaints by Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s attorney that he was battling “shadows”in his fight to keep the disgraced governor in office.
Criminal attorney Edward Genson was given the floor for nearly three hours to argue the legislative hearing was unfair because his attempts to call witnesses were denied and lawmakers had not defined their standard for impeachment. At one point an exasperated Genson asked “Isn’t anyone here going to stand up for the governor?”