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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The bright hopes for a new political beginning that often accompany the inauguration of a new Illinois legislature will be overshadowed by awkwardness today when Gov. Rod Blagoje vich oversees the swearing-in of a Senate that will sit in judgment at his pending impeachment trial.
“I think it’s going to be eerie,” Democratic Sen. Susan Garrett said Tuesday. “It’s like being a part of a family where you’re in a position to try to convict a family member — because we worked with him. Whether we liked him or didn’t like him, we’ve been with him for six years.”
