firedoglake.com - 12/9/2008
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Photo of Patrick Fitzgerald via strategerie.
Having seen a number of public corruption charges in my day, this one is an enormous doozy. Pat Fitzgerald's office will hold a press conference at 11 am CT to discuss the charges and arrest of Blagojevich and his chief of staff.
In the ...
abcnews.go.com - 12/9/2008
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abcnews.go.com —
In this file photo, Ilinois Gov. Rod R.
Blagojevich with U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) during a
news conference following their apperance before the Base Realignment and Closure commission during their hearings at Saint Louis University, St. Louis. ...
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FBI: Illinois Governor Sought To "Sell" Obama's Senate Seat
theneweditor.com - 12/9/2008
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theneweditor.com —
The Chicago Tribune's Jeff Coen, David Kidwell and
Monique Garcia report : Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his
chief of staff, John Harris, were arrested by FBI agents on federal corruption charges Tuesday morning. Blagojevich and Harris were arrested ...
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Illinois Gov. Blagojevich, Chief of Staff, Arrested
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Governor Blago auctions Barack Obama's Senate seat
TigerHawk —
... . MORE: Lefty blogger Christy Hardin Smith : That's pretty ballsy stuff for a governor who knew he was already under intense federal scrutiny -- and had known it for some time. There is a lot to this -- including allegations regarding a host of other Chicago pols and national names that are hidden behind the usual "candidate x" indictment nomenclature, but whomever the Fundraiser for "Friends of Blagojevich" is, I'd contact an attorney -- stat -- just based on my quick skim through. Separately, I am one conservative who very much hopes that this investigation does not lead ...
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... says. Blagojevich’s maneuvers are pretty gutsy for a political official who already knew he was under federal investigation, and a number of Illinois political officials should probably start to lawyer up, firedoglake’s Christy Hardin Smith blogs. Blagojevich appears to have been willing to sell anything he could as governor for the right price, and is the second corrupt Illinois governor after the incarceration of his predecessor, Gov. George Ryan (R), Washington Monthly’s ...
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Fitzgerald: "The Conduct Would Make Lincoln Roll Over In His Grave"
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/9/2008 — At a press conference to announce the charges against Blagojevich, Pat Fitzgerald said:
But the most cynical behavior in all this -- the most appalling -- is the fact that Governor Blagojevich tried to sell the appointment to the Senate seat ...
Obama: 'Saddened, sobered,' and 'not aware' —
Ben Smith's Blog
Barack Obama, at the top of his press conference with Al Gore, offered only a brief, measured statement on the arrest of Governor Rod Blagojevich.
Like other Illinois citizens, he said, he is "saddened and sobered by the news that came out of the U.S. Attorney's office today, but as this ...
Illinois Lt. Gov. Asks Blagojevich to Step Aside —
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Illinois Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn (D) called on Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) to step aside following the governor's arrest in a corruption-related probe earlier today.
"The governor is still the governor as of this moment," Quinn said in a press conference, reported by Chicago Breaking News, but urged ...
Blagojevich: "Feel Free to Tape Me" —
The Latest on Air America
Yesterday during a news conference, Governor Rod Blagojevich stated that anybody could and should tape him; this in response to reports that he had been secretly taped. He also told reporters that he it made no difference if he was taped because everything he says is "responsible" and ...
Blago To FBI: "Is This A Joke?" —
TPMMuckraker
An FBI agent just said at a press conference that when Blagojevich was woken by a phone call from the FBI this morning, informing him that agents were coming to arrest him, he asked: "Is this a joke?"
Wiretap Used in Rod Blagojevich Investigation —
TalkLeft
U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald and FBI Agent Robert Grant are giving a press conference on CNN about the arrest of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Fitz reminds me more and more of Eliot Ness. Fitz says "there's politics and there's crime" and sometimes people "blur the lines." There ...
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