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Blagojevich's lawyer quits impeachment trial
Gov. Blagojevich's lawyers will boycott the impeachment trial in the Senate later this month. Lead defense lawyer Ed Genson said the governor instructed him not to show up.

"I think the rules the Senate adopted are unfair," Genson said.

Lawyer Sam Adam Jr. said neither he nor his father will be there, either. Genson, Adam and Sam Adam Sr. comprise the bulk the of governor's legal team.

"It's a kangaroo court," Adam said. "You can't possibly get any fairness out of it. It's completely un-American."
It's not a court. It's an impeachment trial.
Adam said the trial was akin to a "lynching" and likened tactics by senators to those used at Guantanamo Bay. President-elect Barack Obama has said he plans to shutter the prison at Guantanamo Bay. "He's closing Guantanamo, they're reopening it in Springfield," Adam said of the upcoming Senate trial.
Well that's a little over the top ...
Adam also said he thought it was appropriate that the Senate has asked for the legal team to file an answer Monday, which is Martin Luther King's birthday.

"How appropo, how appropo," Adam said. "Injustice somewhere is injustice everywhere," he said, quoting King. He urged senators to read King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail," on Monday.

Genson complained the rules prevent him from calling witnesses and cross-examining witnesses called by the senators who will decide the fate of the governor. Blagojevich has been accused of abuse of power, including federal allegations that he tried to sell a U.S. Senate seat.
Posted by: Steve White 2009-01-17
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