CNN anchor Anderson Cooper lost his cool during a Friday night interview with newly pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. In a contentious interview, Cooper finally boiled over after heari…
In a contentious interview, Cooper finally boiled over after hearing Blagojevich’s defense of his gubernatorial record and his criminal case. Blagojevich was convicted of trying to sell or trade the Illinois Senate seat that Barack Obama vacated when he became President. He was sentenced to 14 years in prison and began serving time in 2012, but was recently pardoned by President Donald Trump.
Blagojevich told Cooper he was innocent of corruption charges, claiming he was a “political prisoner.”Related StoryThe duo were at war almost from the start of their interview. “I bet if you were to ask Nelson Mandela whether he thought it was fair in the early ‘60s in South Africa, he would say what I’m saying today,” Blagojevich said.
Cooper countered, “I’ve just got to stop you. As someone who worked in South Africa and saw apartheid, the idea that you are comparing yourself to somebody who has actually been railroaded by an apartheid system is just nuts and, frankly offensive.”“What I’m saying is, I was thrown in prison and spent nearly eight years in prison for practicing politics — for seeking campaign contributions without a quid pro quo.
Cooper said Blagojevich’s “argument doesn’t hold up.” Cooper later said Blagojevich was using a “whole new alternate universe of facts”“It’s not bulls—, I lived it myself, it’s not bulls— at all,” Blagojevich said.
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