And it isn’t going well for him…
Blagojevich has long thought:
A) The Rules Don’t Apply To HIm
B) He Can Talk Himself Out of Anything
Federal Judges tend to have a dim view of such characters and Zagel is not putting up with any of it. Zagel will tolerate a certain level of meandering , but he’s not tolerating violating his rulings which, as a lawyer, Blagojevich should understand. At this point Zagel just told Blagojevich’s attorneys there is no more discussion because their client is going to obey him which one has to believe the next step is a warning for contempt and then contempt.