CHICAGO (AP) — The judge at the corruption retrial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he expects the prosecution to rest its case on Thursday.
Prosecutors told Judge James Zagel they’ll be able to get through their four remaining witnesses within just a few hours on Thursday.
Zagel said Wednesday that defense attorneys would have their chance to start calling witnesses Monday. And he said he thought closing arguments would happen at the very end of May.
Prosecutors have called only a dozen witnesses over 2 1/2 weeks in a drastically streamlined case. Some 30 witnesses testified over six weeks at the first trial.
Blagojevich faces 20 charges including that he tried to sell or trade President Barack Obama’s vacated U.S. Senate seat. He denies any wrongdoing.
