US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has asked for a 90-day extension to bring an indictment against Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich.
In a motion filed today in U.S. District Court, Fitzgerald said that the length, scope, and complexity of the investigation, combined with the intrusion of the holiday season, has prevented him from meeting the January 7 deadline. The probe, writes the prosecutor, began in 2003 and “involves multiple potential defendants” and thousands of intercepted phone calls.
The move means that we likely won’t learn much more from Fitzgerald about Blagojevich’s alleged crimes until at least March. So speculation is likely to continue.
We’ll have the motion for you soon…
Late Update: Here it is.