Judge Holds Emergency Hearing In Blagojevich Case - cbs2chicago.com

CHICAGO (CBS) -The judge presiding over the corruption case against former Gov. Rod Blagojevich has summoned attorneys to his courtroom Thursday evening after information in the case that was supposed to remain under seal was released to the public in a defense filing seeking to subpoena President Barack Obama.

Blagojevich's attorneys had filed a motion Thursday asking to have the president give testimony for the upcoming trial.

The filing contained several paragraphs that had been blacked out because the information had been sealed by court order. However, in the electronic version of the motion, computer users have been able to copy and paste the blacked out portions into a separate document and read the passages.

Zagel scheduled a 6 p.m. hearing to meet with attorneys about the filing and why the redacted information was readable under a different electronic format.
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