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sayanythingblog.com - 12/24/2008
Obama’s Report Claims His Campaign Didn’t Know Blago Was Trying To Sell Senate Seat
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It also confirms that Rahm Emanuel had multiple conversations with Blago and that Rahm, Valerie Jarrett and Obama himself have all been interviewed by federal investigators. The report was released Tuesday as an Obama transition official confirmed that Obama and two of his top aides, Rahm ...
chicagotribune.com - 12/28/2008
Obama aides avoid subpoenas in Blagojevich impeachment hearings -
— chicagotribune.com — 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 ... (more) Obama aides avoid subpoenas in Blagojevich impeachment ...

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Obama Interviewed In Blagojevich Probe - December 23, 2008
thesmokinggun.com - 12/24/2008
Obama Interviewed In Blagojevich Probe - December 23, 2008
— thesmokinggun.com — President-elect, two aides quizzed last week by federal prosecutors DECEMBER 23--President-elect Barack Obama and two of his... top advisers were interviewed last week by federal prosecutors probing Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's alleged bid to ... (more) Obama Interviewed In Blagojevich Probe - December 23, 2008

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strata-sphere.com - 12/21/2008
Team Obama Was The Side Pressuring For Senate Successor - Not Team Blagojevich
— strata-sphere.com — Updates Below Ex-mayor Willie Brown has shed some critical light onto the Obama-Blagojevich affair. It seems now... that this was all a push initiated by team Obama to stop Blagojevich from selecting a successor to Obama. It seems Blagojevich has a ... (more) Team Obama Was The Side Pressuring For Senate Successor ...

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No Runny Eggs:  The Morni…er, Evening Scramble - 12/23/2008

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The Morni…er, Evening Scramble - 12/23/2008
No Runny Eggs — ... Ham wonders why the Obama Camp self-whitewash happened at 4:30 pm Christmas Eve eve. Why, Part 1 - Michelle Malkin opened a red flag store on the 5-page whitewash. Why, Part 2 - Charles Johnson found a media outlet unwilling to swallow the whitewash whole. In the interest of full disclosure, the parent company of the Los Angeles Times was driven into bankruptcy partially because of actions by Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D). Rob Port found the denials from Team Obama a wee bit unconvincing. Hugh ...

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