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washingtonmonthly.com - 12/24/2008
Transition office releases Blagojevich report
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TRANSITION OFFICE RELEASES BLAGOJEVICH REPORT.... There's a very good reason the president-elect and the Obama team seemed completely unconcerned about any connection to the Blagojevich controversy -- they weren't connected to the Blagojevich controversy. An internal review prepared for ...
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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google.com - 12/24/2008
The Associated Press: Blagojevich questioning takes up Obama's time
— google.com — Blagojevich questioning takes up Obama's time By JENNIFER LOVEN and BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE 8 hours ago WASHINGTON... (AP) President-elect Barack Obama has said all along that neither he nor his team was involved in any eye-popping dealmaking over filling ... (more) The Associated Press: Blagojevich questioning takes up ...

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Right Wing Nut House:  OBAMA ABSOLVES HIMSELF IN BLAGOBUST - LEFT AGREES

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OBAMA ABSOLVES HIMSELF IN BLAGOBUST - LEFT AGREES
Right Wing Nut House — ... we get this bit of certainty about our new president: Let me emphasize this point: the reason why the release of the Obama report was delayed was to allow Fitzgerald to complete his interviews with the transition team. In other words, everything that Obama’s team has said has been true. Such unquestioning devotion based on nothing more than a politician’s word – an oxymoron to be sure – would be laughable if this same attitude wasn’t so prevelant on the left. Steve Bennen: And as expected, there was nothing to hide. The entire Craig memo is online (.pdf), and after reading ...

AP Laments: 'Blagojevich questioning takes up Obama's time'
JammieWearingFool — ... “Haditha Massacre” where many liberals tried to outdo one another in heaping calumny on innocent soldiers. And now a single report, issued by a politician who presents no other evidence that could clarify or contradict its conclusions, is being trumpeted to the skies as “proof” that no one in the Obama camp did anything wrong. In short, the left is apt to unquestioningly take what al-Qaeda and Obama say at face value while dismissing the reports of their own government. Pathetic how gullible the left is. And as expected, there was nothing to hide. The entire Craig memo is ...

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