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Rod Blagojevich: “Let me reassert to all of you, once more, that I am not guilty of any criminal wrongdoing. That issue will be dealt with…”

On the recordJanuary 8, 2009
Let me reassert to all of you, once more, that I am not guilty of any criminal wrongdoing. That issue will be dealt with on a separate course, in an appropriate forum, a federal court. And I'm confident that, at the end of the day, I will be properly exonerated.

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Blagojevich asserts his innocence regarding criminal charges and expresses confidence in his eventual exoneration.

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