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No Improper Contact With Blagojevich
online.wsj.com - 12/24/2008
No Improper Contact With Blagojevich
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Obama's office said in a report that its staff had no inappropriate communications with the office of Illinois Gov. Blagojevich, who is at the center of a corruption probe. (Report)
Obama and Blagojevich: 'A lot about nothing,' sources say
cnn.com - 12/23/2008
Obama and Blagojevich: 'A lot about nothing,' sources say
— cnn.com — A report about Obama's aides alleged contact with embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is due this week.... (more) Obama and Blagojevich: 'A lot about nothing,' sources say

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Report Arrives on Obama-Blagojevich Contacts
online.wsj.com - 12/23/2008
Report Arrives on Obama-Blagojevich Contacts
— online.wsj.com — Obama's office is set to release a report giving a full accounting of contacts with Blagojevich, and... Obama aides say the official under the most scrutiny -- Rahm Emanuel -- will be exonerated after weeks of innuendo. | Video (more) Report Arrives on Obama-Blagojevich Contacts

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online.wsj.com - 12/22/2008
Report Arrives on Obama-Blagojevich Contacts
— online.wsj.com — Obama's office is set to release a report giving a full accounting of contacts with Blagojevich, and... Obama aides say the official under the most scrutiny -- Rahm Emanuel -- will be exonerated after weeks of innuendo. (more) Report Arrives on Obama-Blagojevich Contacts

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Daily Pundit:  Cover Up

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Weekly Standard Blog:  Obama Hosts Union Official Involved in Blago Scandal at the White House

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Cover Up
Daily Pundit — Obama, Two Aides Questioned In Probe - WSJ.com The memo released Tuesday said Mr. Obama’s incoming White House chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, contacted Mr. Blagojevich and his staff at least five times after Election Day, and produced a slate of suggested replacements for Mr. Obama’s vacated Senate seat. Mr. Emanuel also spoke about four times to Blagojevich chief of staff John Harris to discuss the Senate seat. Neither Mr. Emanuel nor other Obama aides and confidants heard of Mr. Blagojevich’s alleged efforts to auction the Senate ...

The Early Word: Any Questions?
The Caucus — ... information the three provided to prosecutors, who have indicated that Obama and his staff are not targets in the case.” Another unanswered question, according to Mr. Shear: “The report does not make clear why Blagojevich stated that he thought the Obama staff was “not willing to give me anything.” It states that “none of Obama’s staff ever suspected that the governor was seeking anything improper in exchange for the Senate seat.” And, as the Wall Street Journal’s Jonathan Weisman notes , “the report’s conclusions are based on the recollections of Obama aides, not on federal ...

Obama Hosts Union Official Involved in Blago Scandal at the White House
Weekly Standard Blog — ... for yesterday's St. Patrick's Day bash at the White House. As the Wall Street Journal reported in December, Balanoff was allegedly a player in Blago's attempted bribery scheme: ...

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Contact with Blagojevich?
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Obama 'absolutely certain' his team had no improper dealings with Blagojevich - Los Angeles Times
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Obama: I had ‘no contact’ with Blagojevich about Senate seat.
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Obama: No contact with Blagojevich on Senate seat
breitbart.com 12/9/2008 — CHICAGO (AP) - President-elect Barack Obama says he is saddened by allegations that Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich tried to trade favors for Obama's Senate seat—and says he had no contact with the governor or his office on the matter. The governor was ...
Obama to Release Report on Blagojevich
time.com 12/23/2008 —
Obama To Release Blagojevich Report This Week
time.com 12/22/2008 — President-elect Barack Obama will offer details early this week about his transition staff's contact with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich
Blogger accused of improper ex parte contact
legalethicsforum.com 3/5/2009 — Ben Sheffner's copyrights & campaigns blog reports this, which I think clearly is not a 4.2 problem: blogger sees an interesting set of facts, contacted a witness in the case and blogged about his investigation and what the witness told him. The ...
Transition office releases Blagojevich report
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Internal Obama report: No inappropriate contacts with Blagojevich — CNN Political Ticker 12/23/2008
Internal report states no inappropriate contacts were made between Obama aides and Blagojevich. (CNN) — An internal report compiled by the Obama transition team concludes that neither President-elect Obama nor his aides — including ...
No Improper Contact With Governor, Says Obama Report — NYT > Politics 12/23/2008
No one close to Barack Obama suspected that Gov. Rod Blagojevich might be trying to sell Mr. Obama’s Senate seat, as alleged, an internal report found. >
Blago report: More odds and ends — First Read 12/23/2008
From NBC's Chuck ToddRegarding the interviews that Obama, Jarrett, and Emanuel had with prosecutors, all three were accompanied by private counsel. For Obama, Bob Bauer was the attorney present; for Jarrett, it was Chicago attorney Vince Connelly; and ...
The Obama team's report on the Blagojevich affair says just what they said it would. — (Obsolete Feed) 12/24/2008
The Obama campaign's strategy for dealing with the Blagojevich affair has evolved. It started with dithering, then moved on to momentary cooperation followed by delay. Now, at long last, we have the final strategy: "See ya!" [ more ... ]  ...
Obama team report says there was no dealing with Blagojevich over Senate seat — L.A. Times - Politics 12/24/2008
It says the president-elect had no contact with the Illinois governor and that Rahm Emanuel spoke with him, but not about a quid pro quo. Obama, Emanuel and Jarrett were interviewed in the inquiry. >  ...