Illinois Senate candidate subpoenaed for Blagojevich trial

Monday, June 28, 2010

CHICAGO -- U.S. Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias said Sunday he won't be hurt politically by his subpoena to testify at the corruption trial of ousted Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, but his Republican opponent pounced at the chance to try to shift attention from his own troubles in the race for President Barack Obama's old Senate seat.

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