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volokh.com - 12/15/2008
The Blagojevich Timeline: Everything Fits Easily Except Obama's Monday Denial.
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Most people have misunderstood the timeline of the Blagojevich Senate scandal. Pretty much everything fits except Barack Obama's statement yesterday that he knew nothing about it....
bloomberg.com - 12/16/2008
Illinois Democrats Let Blagojevich Keep Naming Power (Update1)
— bloomberg.com — Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Democrats in the Illinois House of Representatives postponed stripping Governor Rod Blagojevich’s power... to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama that prosecutors say Blagojevich tried to sell. The ... (more) Illinois Democrats Let Blagojevich Keep Naming Power ...

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BUNGLING ON BLAGO - New York Post
nypost.com - 12/16/2008
BUNGLING ON BLAGO - New York Post
— nypost.com — Last updated: 3:54 am December 16, 2008 Posted: 2:57 am December 16, 2008 Barack Obama is experiencing... the first "scandal" of his presidency before he's taken office - or so sayeth the media. Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is accused of (among much ... (more) BUNGLING ON BLAGO - New York Post

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dailykos.com - 12/16/2008
John King: Obama needs to prove a negative
— dailykos.com — Oh brother ... KING: Much like the star report in the impeachment saga Dana just mentioned. In... this criminal complaint there are some non-family friendly language that we won't repeat on a Sunday morning, but that is Barack Obama's best defense at ... (more) John King: Obama needs to prove a negative

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Patterico's Pontifications:  An Introduction to the Blagojevich Criminal Complaint

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An Introduction to the Blagojevich Criminal Complaint
Patterico's Pontifications — ... The text of Count One and Count Two, applicable statutes, and a preliminary introduction to the case law are set forth below. For a starting point on the facts, read the Affidavit attached to the Criminal Complaint or Jim Lindgren’s helpful timeline posted at The Volokh Conspiracy. ...

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October Surprise?
talkingpointsmemo.com 12/12/2008 — Looking over our timeline of the Blagojevich investigation , I keep going back to late October. What happened, what information came into Patrick Fitzgerald's possession, that was solid enough to not just bring to a federal judge but to convince the ...
Nothing But Sunshine ... — Talking Points Memo
TPM unveils the official Rod "Mr. Smith Ain't Bleeping Going to Washington" Blagojevich timeline .
Obama-Blagojevich Timeline — Ace of Spades HQ
I don't think many people believe that Axelrod merely "mispoke" when he said Obama and Blagojevich had been in contact about his Senate seat. But I don't expect the media to do much follow-up. Fortunately, Jim Lindgren has put together...
Tribune: Timeline Of Blagojevich Invesitgation — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
Gov. Rod Blagojevich became the state's first Democratic chief executive in more than a quarter of a century after vowing to reform what he labeled the culture of corruption surrounding his predecessor that had fed deep cynicism among Illinoisans. But little more than a year after replacing ...