In the end, America’s loudest disgraced ex-governor stayed silent. The defense rested its case in Rod Blagojevich’s corruption trial today, without putting a single witness on the stand.Blagojevich had long promised to testify on his own behalf. But yesterday, after watching the cross-examination of Rod’s brother Robert, one of Blagojevich’s attorneys, Sam Adam Sr., said that he believed the prosecution had not proven its case, and that Rod didn’t need to take the stand after all.
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