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Blago: Rahm wanted back in Congress in 2010
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... Take this with a big grain of salt, if for no other reason than Rod Blagojevich has to remain circumspect about the very machinations he describes in his new memoir. The impeached and expelled former governor of Illinois uses the revelation that Rahm Emanuel wanted help in keeping his old House seat safe in order to argue that Patrick Fitzgerald got it all wrong in his indictment: Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says in a new book that White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel wanted his help in arranging to leave the Obama administration after two years to reclaim his ...
Blago and Rhambo: Doin' it Da Chicago Way
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Watch for the national media to be 'all over' this story. Move along, nuttin' ta see here folks...
From AP:
Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says in a new book that White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel wanted his help in arranging to leave the Obama administration after two years to reclaim his seat in Congress.
Blagojevich writes in "The Governor" that Emanuel spoke with him about whether it was possible to appoint a "placeholder" to the congressional seat Emanuel was giving up so that he could win back the seat in 2010 and ...
