Nashville Blago’s Attorney Talks To NashPo

By Kleinheider Posted on December 19, 2008 at 1:35 pm

Tom Wood reports on Rob Blagojevich’s attorney’s reaction to a Chicago Sun Times report:

“I have no knowledge of what’s on those tapes,” Ettinger told NashvillePost.com this afternoon. “What I can tell you is, yes, he was recorded.” The Chicago attorney said a “substantial number” of the wiretaps contain conversations between the two brothers.

“He’s not charged with anything,” Ettinger said. “I’ve spoken with him briefly. I haven’t heard anything where he violated any law.” He added that he plans to challenge the legality of the FBI’s wiretapping.

“This is not the usual way the government proceeds,” the lawyer said. “In this case, they went out and arrested the governor — which I thought was a grandstand play. Where’s he going to?” Normally, “in 98 percent of cases,” Ettinger said, the authorities would simply notify the suspect and tell him to surrender in court.

Noting that the complaint filed against Gov. Blagojevich did not constitute an indictment, Ettinger said he expects the grand jury to hand down formal charges in January. Asked whether he expects his client to be named in that indictment, Ettinger replied: “I hope not.”

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