Charges dropped against Blago's brother 'in interests of justice'

Federal prosecutors announced today they have dropped all charges against Robert Blagojevich, the former governor's brother.
Assistant U.S. Atty. Reid Schar said the government was dropping two counts of extortion conspiracy and one count each of wire fraud and extortion because of "the disparity in the roles" of the two brothers and "in the interests of justice."

Rod Blagojevich still faces retrial on 23 counts. He was convicted last week of a single count of lying to the FBI, but jurors were deadlocked on all four counts against Robert. Some jurors said later they thought Robert Blagojevich should have been acquitted.