boston.com - 12/26/2008
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CHICAGO - In a move intended to force public testimony from President-elect Barack Obama's inner circle, a lawyer for Governor Rod Blagojevich of Illinois has asked the legislative panel considering impeachment of the governor to subpoena more than a dozen witnesses, including Obama's incoming ...
huffingtonpost.com - 12/30/2008
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Rod Blagojevich's choice to fill Barack Obama's Senate
seat, Roland Burris, helped raise money for the governor...
on multiple occasions. Blagojevich's choice is already being met with a steep wave of skepticism, because the embattled Illinois ...
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Blagojevich Pick Raised Money For The Governor
chicagotribune.com - 12/28/2008
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Gov. Rod Blagojevich 's attorney will not get
to call key aides of President-elect Barack Obama to...
testify at impeachment hearings after U.S. Atty. Patrick Fitzgerald told an Illinois House panel doing so would "significantly compromise" his ongoing ...
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Obama aides avoid subpoenas in Blagojevich impeachment ...
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... Lawyers for Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich have requested that the Illinois legislature's impeachment panel subpoena members of President-elect Obama's staff. Ed Genson, Blagojevich's attorney, argued that testimony from Rahm Emanuel and Valerie Jarrett, among others, would be needed to exonerate the Governor. (Associated Press) ...
The Latest Hap’s In BlagoGate
Flopping Aces —
Looks like Blago has no intention of doing what he is told and go away quietly:
In a move intended to force public testimony from President-elect Barack Obama’s inner circle, a lawyer for Governor Rod Blagojevich of Illinois has asked the legislative panel considering impeachment of the governor to subpoena more than a dozen witnesses, including Obama’s incoming chief of staff.
State Representative Barbara Flynn Currie said yesterday the House committee received a letter from Blagojevich lawyer Ed Genson asking it to subpoena ...
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