Posted on 12/12/2008 2:25:16 PM PST by RatsDawg
WASHINGTON (AP) - People who have been briefed on the Illinois governor corruption investigation say Barack Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel is not a target of the probe. Emanuel, a Chicago congressman who would have been a likely contact between the Obama transition office and Gov. Rod Blagojevich, has been a focus of media attention since Obama said Thursday he has asked for an internal review of contacts between his staff and Blagojevich.
Emanuel has been refusing to answer questions about whether he's the "president-elect adviser" referred to in the criminal complaint that accuses Blagojevich of putting Obama's Senate seat up for sale. The complaint does not say that Blagojevich ever spoke to the unidentified Obama adviser about the Senate seat.
The two people who said Emanuel is not a target of the probe spoke on a condition of anonymity because the investigation is still under way. One is a person close to Emanuel, who said he has been told by investigators that he's not a subject of their investigation.
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BS, he may not be an official ‘target’ but he IS a complicit subject.
Exactly. The silence is deafening.
He may not be a target, but he’s been caught in the crossfire.
BS, he may not be an official ‘target’ but he IS a complicit subject.
Wishful thinking by two infamous fembots.
Hopefully he’s not the target because they want to “trade up”.
if he’s not the target, and jackson 5 is not the target,
this whole thing is about blago...and not obama?
Might be Axelrod himself...The mispeaker in chief
LOL...Obama is as Corrupt as the day is long. No worries Blago got the goods and when he will strike a deal....
Obama the first Impeached Black President....
Kind of got a nice ring to it.
Fitz will not touch anyone in the Obama camp. Simple politics. You don't do anything to hurt your new boss even if it is required that you overlook what would seem to you and I as obvious criminal activity by Emanuel. I expect JJJ to survive as well.
Camp Zer0 is just still trying to pick the right fall guy.
“One is a person close to Emanuel, who said he has been told by investigators that he’s not a subject of their investigation.”
Was he wearing dark glasses, an earpiece and trying not to smirk???
hes not the target hes the strawberry on top of a delilicious pie!!!!!!!!!!!!
Unindicted co-conspirator.
They will have to give the Guv a deal to keep him quiet about Obama.
If I shoot at a deer, but hit a cougar, does that not make the cougar any less dead?
What are the odds Emmanuel joined in the chorus of democrats having a stroke when V.P. Cheney refused to answer questions about various subjects.
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