The judge in former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's corruption trial says he'll tell the jurors to r
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HEADLINE: Blagojevich jury told to get back to work
CAPTION: The judge in former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's corruption trial says he'll tell the jurors to resume deliberations on some counts. (Aug. 12)
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The corruption case of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich appears mired in the jury room.
The Chicago Democrat and his brother are accused of trying to sell or trade an appointment to President Barack Obama's vacated Senate seat in exchange for a high-profile job or large campaign donation for the governor.
However this morning jurors told the judge that they've only been able to reach an agreement on two of the counts against him
They say they are unable to reach an agreement on some of the other charges and haven't even discussed others.
The jury has had the case for two weeks now and the judge wants them to keep at it, and continue deliberations on some of the charges.
Blagojevich was arrested in December 2008 when he was still governor.
He was ousted from that post in early 2009 when the state senate voted unanimously to remove him from office.
A day later Senators took the extra step and voted to bar him from ever holding office again in Illinois.
Blagojevich has always maintained his innocence, even as prosecutors produced secretly recorded tapes of him in which he allegedly schemed to parlay his decisions as governor into personal gain.
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I've learned a lot of lessons from this experience and perhaps maybe the biggest listen I've learned is that I talked too much.
It's not clear which charges the jury is having trouble with nor how much longer they'll deliberate.
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