Obama: Blago woes 'had nothing to do with my office'

From NBC's Athena Jones CHICAGO -- President-elect Barack Obama told reporters today that an internal review into communications members of his staff may have had with the office of beleaguered Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has shown nothing inappropriate. Obama did not answer directly a question about reports that Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel had had contact with the governor's office, instead largely repeating the paper statement his transition team released earlier today. Obama said the review had shown that his office had not engaged in any improper conversations with the governor's office, but that they had agreed to delay release of the review at the request of the US Attorney's office. Blagojevich faces numerous charges of corruption, including attempting to trade the president-elect's vacated Senate seat for personal gain. ...( read more ) (link)