So Rod Blagojevich isn't going to prison--at least not for a while, perhaps not at all.
In the corruption trial of the former Illinois governor, the jury returned with one guilty verdict that he lied to the government. The jury deadlocked on the remaining 23 counts against him. This means the government can--and most likely will--try him again.
How did Blago manage to skate--for now--on 23 charges from the federal government? Charges that were bolstered by the ex-governor's own damning statements on tape. He might have public relations to thank for part of that.
Blago's attorney, Sam Adam, Jr.--the same lawyer who helped R. Kelly walk on charges that he did awful things with an underage girl--based part of his closing arguments on Blago's tendency to talk.
"If you put Joan and Melissa Rivers in the room, you wouldn't get that much talk," Adam said in his closing statement.
If the jury didn't believe that Blago was a talker--that he'd go on any talk show that would have him; that he'd blabber for hours on his own radio show; that he'd talk to any reporter, any time--then Adam's argument wouldn't hold water.
At this point, it's unclear if that is the real Blagojevich, or if the countless media appearances were a strategy of his legal team and PR counsel, led by Glenn Selig, or even if all those talk show moments swayed the jury at all.
But let's just say they did. And let's suppose Blago isn't the kind of guy who would shuttle to New York and back to be on The View--that instead his PR team talked him into this. And then let's assume the jurors all saw this and thought, "That guy sure likes to hear himself talk."
Suddenly, all that mouthing off the governor did seems brilliant.
Smart PR either helped an innocent man avoid the bogus charges, or it helped a guilty man cheat the system. Stay tuned.
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Wow! That is absolutely crazy. What good insight to all of that. It is so amazing to me how people can get away with dong some insane stuff, and even have charges, that are more than obvious fact, dropped. I definitely have to agree that public relations can have a huge impact. It seems like it is always used to make things look more appealing, but I have never truly thought of the idea that it can be used in ‘guilty’ situations like these. Thanks for this blog post! I will definitely be back to check up on it.
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I'd say it's less the media appearances than his attorneys suggesting publicly that Blago would testify and letting the media run with it. The prosecution was counting on getting him on the stand...then didn't. Lawyers or PR folks - whoever came up with it - it was a communication strategy to put false info into the stream and the prosecutors took the bait. But no prison time? The count he was convicted on carries a max 5 year sentence. I'd like to see what Judge Zagel does with that. If he gets at least 3 (26 mos. day-for-day), as a taxpayer I'd like to see them skip a retrial on the rest. Message would be sent.
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