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Judicial Watch Obtains Documents Re: Blagojevich Contacts with Obama and Transition Team
Includes December 3, 2008, Letter to "Rod" Signed by Obama Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has obtained documents from the office of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich through the Freedom of ...
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Documents Show Barack Obama Misled on Blagojevich Contacts
Politics Daily — ... Judicial Watch, the conservative open government advocacy group, says it has obtained documents through a Freedom of Information Act request from the office of disgraced Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) which show that there was some contact between President-elect Obama and Blagojevich in the days before the governor was arrested on charges of attempting to auction Obama's vacant Senate seat to the highest bidder. The documents, a December 3rd letter signed by Obama, and a letter from Obama transition team co-chairmen Valerie Jarrett and John Podesta, are in ...

Blagorahma: Does Judicial Watch have the goods on Obama’s denials?
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... Judicial Watch claims today that they have documented proof that Barack Obama lied when he said he had no contacts with Rod Blagojevich.  The letter they gained from a Freedom of Information query certainly does show that Obama acknowledged meeting with Blagojevich, but it falls far short of indicating any sort of discussion on replacing Obama in the Senate: Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has obtained documents from the office of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich through the Freedom of ...

Evidence That Obama Lied About Blago Contact?
Flopping AcesThis may cause a stir eh? Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has obtained documents from the office of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich through the Freedom of Information Act related to Blagojevich’s contacts with President-elect Obama and his transition team. The documents include a December 3, 2008, letter from Barack Obama following his December 2, 2008, meeting with Blagojevich as well as a November 17, 2008, letter signed by Presidential ...

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