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Posted on 12/23/2008 3:34:00 PM PST by Fred
President-elect Barack Obama's transition office said in a report released Tuesday that its staff had no inappropriate communications with the office of Democratic Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who is at the center of a corruption probe.
The five-page report identified incoming White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel as the only aide who had direct contact with Mr. Blagojevich. Mr. Emanuel "had one or two" telephone conversations with the governor between Nov. 6 and Nov. 8 to discuss his own resignation from the U.S. House as well as potential nominees to fill the Illinois Senate seat being vacated by Mr. Obama, according to the report written by incoming White House Counsel Greg Craig. (See the text of the report.)
On a conference call with reporters, Mr. Craig stated further that Mr. Emanuel had "about four" conversations with John Harris, Mr. Blagojevich's chief of staff, who was also arrested on corruption charges. "My inquiry determined that there was nothing at all inappropriate in those conversations," said Mr. Craig. Mr. Emanuel has so far declined to comment.
Mr. Obama, who campaigned on a platform of greater government transparency, had pledged to conduct an internal investigation on possible contacts between his staff and that of Gov. Blagojevich, and to make public the results of its findings.
Messrs. Blagojevich and Harris were arrested on Dec. 9 for allegedly trying to trade or sell the Illinois Senate seat being vacated by Mr. Obama, among other charges. The affidavit used in the arrest cited conversations with unnamed Obama transition team officials in certain wire-tapped conversations with Mr. Blagojevich, who has denied any wrongdoing.
The report said Obama senior aides Valerie Jarrett, who had been under consideration to fill the Senate seat but removed herself from contention, and David Axelrod "did not have any contacts with the
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If a Republican tried this sort of thing, it would be trumpeted as cover-up and given a name with a ‘gate’ suffix.
Exactly.
Stay strong in Scouting Aliquando.
God bless all scouts. Four of "my" Scouts were serving in Iraq AT THE SAME TIME (1st push to Baghdad), this from a small town Texas troop. 3 Marines, 1 Army Infantry, all combat veterans, several with two or more combat deployments. Later three more served their country, USAF, USCG, two still serving after 10 years. God bless all Scouts. Our town is only 1,800 pop., they stayed with us all the way through high school.
Some of the crap they took being in Scouts but I'm here to tell you, after their deployments all the HS "heroes" were pretty shame-faced. I'll say it again: God bless all Scouts.
Former Scout and Scoutmaster.
President-elect Barack Obama's transition office said in a report released Tuesday that its staff had no inappropriate communications with the office of Democratic Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who is at the center of a corruption probe.
“Well, someone alleging representing JJJ for one.”
Then that should have come out in the original ‘news circus’ by Fitzgerald.
Watched a video clip of Biden discussing the issue.
He was stuttering, stumbling and could not look up from the table.
This is a reflection of how an Obama “nation” is going to be like: free for all corruption, destruction of dissent and unbridled arrogance and abuse.
The whole hen house ran into the fox’s den.
President-elect Barack Obama's transition office said...
” He was stuttering, stumbling and could not look up from the table.”
That’s because he’s so full of Botox.
Either they don’t have mirrors in the Biden compound
or the Mrs is afraid to tell Joe how ridiculous he looks with his new eyes and brows.
Biden appears to be going for some fusion look of
half Asian , half alien.
Well, where did the report of $1 million for jJJ to get the seat come from?
“Well, where did the report of $1 million for jJJ to get the seat come from?”
Ok. The point was that they have made charges of Blago selling the senate seat, yet no charges on a buyer. I _know_ all the allegations being made.
Thanks for the message. I am an Asst. Scoutmaster in my son’s troop. Payback for all those who helped me get my Eagle. We have 50 active Scouts and are going strong! Son is almost a Star! Have a blessed Christmas with your family.
YIS, Aliquando.
"But what really convinced 'em was my graceful
lifts when I danced a pas de deux with Valerie Jarrett."
Andrew Malcolm of the L.A. Times’ sensational “Top of the Ticket” blog gets headline of the day awards for this Rod Blagojevich beauty:
“Obama team probe of Obama team finds no Obama team impropriety”
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