* Jarrett’s not needed, Adam says…

Rod Blagojevich’s attorney Sam Adam Jr. said that White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett will not take the stand, but that the defense would try to still call White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel to testify. “All she can say is what [Tom] Blananoff said,” Adam said of Jarrett. Balanoff previously testified about conversations he had with Barack Obama’s aides about the U.S. Senate seat.

* Julie Blagojevich, the wife of Robert, testified first today. She was apparently wary of her husband’s involvement with the governor’s campaign fund…

Julie said she went out to dinner with Rod and Patti and asked about the swirling federal investigation.

“My impression … To the best of their ability, to their knowledge, the federal investigation was behind them,” she said.

Julie told Robert he could do it, but told him not to take a salary because of possible headlines.

“Did you need the money?” defense attorney Cheryl Schroeder asked.

“No,” Julie said. “I felt like Rod did not know Rob. It was a chance for them to grow closer, perhaps.”

* Robert Blagojevich also testified this morning…

We’re going through Robert’s history — and resume — quite closely. With at least one veteran on the jury, Ettinger is paying special attention to Robert’s expansive military history.

Ettinger asks Robert about his political affiliation — Republican, all his life — and experience with fund-raising. He never did any, he said, until he started volunteering for the Red Cross.

Robert looks serious as he answers questions, doesn’t smile much, if at all. He’s giving the answers straight.

* Meanwhile, let’s take a look at the latest defense filing…

Quoting a refrain from “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,” attorneys for Rod Blagojevich in his corruption trial Sunday filed a 41-page memorandum in support of a motion for acquittal.

“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data,” the motion quotes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. “Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.”

Quibbling with the conspiracy charges against the former governor, his attorneys write: “Attempt to conspire (conspiracy being an inchoate offense) is not a crime. Likewise, conspiracy to attempt is not a crime.”

Noting that the prosecution decided not to call convicted political fundraisers Tony Rezko and Stuart Levine, Blagojevich’s lawyers claimed that the government failed to establish its RICO case, while it also prevented the defense to ask Rezko about conspiracy allegations made by former Blagojevich Chief of Staff, Lon Monk.

* Roundup…

* Lawmakers: Blagojevich trial evidence vindicates impeachment

* Taking the stand may be Blagojevich’s only hope

* The prosecution rests

* Chatty ex-governor to testify

* Blago as our own Barefoot Bandit

* Ex-Gov. Blagojevich likely to testify this week

* How did Blago get elected? Money, smart politics, luck

* Blagojevich campaign fund almost tapped out by legal bills

* Taking witness stand a risky wager