pajamasmedia.com - 12/9/2008
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Simply put, it is the most breathtaking corruption scandal in the history of Illinois politics.
cbs2chicago.com - 12/9/2008
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Details Of Complaint Against Blagojevich CHICAGO (CBS) ―
Full release from U.S. Attorney's Office: Illinois Gov. Rod...
R. Blagojevich and his Chief of Staff, John Harris, were arrested today by FBI agents on federal corruption charges alleging that ...
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Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich Arrested By Federal ...
thesmokinggun.com - 12/9/2008
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Feds: Blagojevich saw Obama's vacated job as a
"valuable thing" DECEMBER 9--The criminal complaint filed today against...
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich contains a remarkable section detailing the Democratic politician's alleged attempt to cash in on ...
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Obama Senate Seat For Sale? - December 9, 2008
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ILLINOIS GOVERNOR ARRESTED TRYING TO SELL OBAMA’S SENATE SEAT
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My latest at PJ Media is about the Blagojevich arrest and details “the most breathtaking corruption in the history of Illinois politics.” A sample: In any other state, this would be simply unbelievable, or perhaps considered a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence to have such breathtaking and brazen corruption reveal itself at the highest levels of state government. But all of this occurred in the state of Illinois, where the arrest of Blagojevich makes it four governors in recent history * who have been arrested and charged with wrongdoing while in office. And that doesn’t ...
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abcnews.go.com 12/9/2008 — 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. ...
BUSTED!... ILLINOIS GOVERNOR BLAGOJEVICH ARRESTED!
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com 12/9/2008 — Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is arrested in Chicago! He is accused of attempting to benefit financially from his position to appoint Barack Obama's Senate replacement. Federal officials already announced in September that they had enough ...
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directorblue.blogspot.com 12/10/2008 — Moments ago The Wall Street Journal reported that Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was just arrested for (allegedly) offering to sell the Senate seat vacated by President-Elect Obama (download the complaint (PDF)). Blagojevich and his chief of staff ...
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huffingtonpost.com 12/9/2008 — Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested Tuesday on charges of conspiring to get financial benefits through his authority to appoint a U.S. senator to fill the vacancy left by Barack Obama's election as president.
A 76-page FBI affidavit said ...
Insiders still own Illinois' Senate seat
americanthinker.com 12/18/2008 — Despite earlier public statements in support, the Illinois Democrats are not going to let the voters have a say in their next governor.
A special election for Obama's seat? —
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From NBC's Carrie Dann Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois called today for a special election to fill Barack Obama's Senate seat, saying that "no appointment could produce a credible replacement" in light of this morning's arrest of Gov. Rod ...
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