Claim: This week's look at the Sunday talk shows features former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich — who was found guilty Aug. 17 of making false statements to the FBI. He appeared on "Fox News Sunday" to discuss his trial. Did Blagojevich make any false statements to Fox host Chris Wallace? In our judgment, yes, more than one. He claimed a key witness was given immunity, but he's contradicted by multiple news accounts of that witness swearing under oath that he got no immunity.
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Verdict: this week's look at the sunday talk shows features former illinois gov. rod blagojevich — who was found guilty aug. 17 of making false statements to the fbi. he appeared on "fox news sunday" to discuss his trial. did blagojevich make any false statements to fox host chris wallace? in our judgment, yes, more than one. he claimed a key witness was given immunity, but he's contradicted by multiple news accounts of that witness swearing under oath that he got no immunity.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Eugene Kiely
Date published: 2010-08-23T22:24:01