Fitzgerald Asks For Extension On Blago Indictment
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/5/2009 — US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has asked for a 90-day extension to bring an indictment against Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich. In a motion filed today in U.S. District Court, Fitzgerald said that the length, scope, and complexity of the ...

York: The Blagojevich Case: Why Did Fitzgerald Act Now?
article.nationalreview.com 12/10/2008 — We have some of the juciest political wiretaps in years.

Rod R. Blagojevich Latest News from LA Times and the Web - Los Angeles Times
topics.latimes.com 12/13/2008 — Obama, Aides Talked to Prosecutors About Blagojevich Contacts President-elect Barack Obama and two of his top aides, Rep. Rahm Emanuel and Valerie Jarrett, talked with federal prosecutors last week about... more The Early Word: Obama Ready to Release ...

Removing Blagojevich ... The Right Way
dailykos.com 12/15/2008 — The Attorney General of Illinois, Lisa Madigan, has filed a motion before the Illinois Supreme Court seeking to have Rod Blagojevich removed from office on the grounds that he is no longer fit to serve : Atty. General Lisa Madigan called on the ...

Fitzgerald Asks Blago Impeachment Panel Not To Subpoena Obama Aides
huffingtonpost.com 12/28/2008 — CHICAGO -- The Illinois House committee investigating a possible impeachment of Gov. Rod Blagojevich won't subpoena two incoming White House advisers, a spokesman said Saturday, shutting down a request from the embattled governor's attorney. In a ...

Blagojevich to Make Statement
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com 12/19/2008 — The Illinois governor is expected to speak from Chicago today at 3 p.m. Eastern.

Blagojevich and Obama: Takes From the Right
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com 12/16/2008 — On the right, some see links between Obama's team and misdeeds in Illinois.

Blagojevich: Oh My, He’s So Gangster
attackerman.firedoglake.com 12/9/2008 — from enterstageright Is it wrong to have, on some level, respect for just how gangster Rod Blagojevich is? Consider this, from page 44 of the complaint: During the call, ROD BLAGOJEVICH’s wife can be heard in the background telling ROD ...

Blagojevich
obsidianwings.blogs.com 12/10/2008 — by hilzoy Since everyone else has already noted the salient points from Rod Blagojevich's Epic Fail -- the appalling idea of selling a Senate seat, the utter boneheadedness, the total lack of conscience -- I'll just take that all as read, and ...

Blago seeks to have Fitzgerald removed from case :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Gov. Blagojevich
suntimes.com 1/9/2009 — Gov. Blagojevich is asking a judge to kick U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald off of his corruption case, the governor's lawyer said today. Sheldon Sorosky said they're seeking to have Fitzgerald removed because of remarks he made during a Dec. 9, 2008 ...

Homelessness Official Wins Praise With Focus on Permanent Housing — Wash Post Federal Page 12/30/2008
Since he became the Bush administration's homelessness czar in 2002, Philip F. Mangano has attempted to sell officials in the United States and around the world on his preferred solution for getting people off the streets, asking them to focus on ...

IL Sec/State refuses to sign off — First Read 12/30/2008
From NBC's Domenico MontanaroIllinois Secretary of State Jesse White put out a statement saying that although he has "respect for former Attorney General Roland Burris" he "cannot co-sign a document that certifies any appointment by Rod Blagojevich ...

Blagojevich, defiant, makes pick anyway — First Read 12/30/2008
From NBC’s Cherelle Kantey, Ashley Codianni and Domenico Montanaro During a chaotic news conference in Chicago that injected race into the selection of a successor to Barack Obama ’s former U.S. Senate seat, embroiled Gov. Rod Blagojevich  ...

Bush to meet south Sudan president next week — Reuters: Politics 12/31/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush is to meet next week with south Sudan's president to discuss his peace pact with the Khartoum government, which the United States accuses of complicity in genocide in Darfur and sponsoring ...

China's Hu praises 30 years of ties with U.S. — Reuters: Politics 1/1/2009
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao called for strengthened cooperation with the United States as the two countries marked the 30th anniversary of diplomatic ties on New Year's Day.