Posted on 05/10/2010 6:27:58 PM PDT by george76
E-mails and other records of Dr. Eric Whitaker -- one of President Obama's best friends -- have been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury...
The investigation involves "faith-based initiatives" and health-awareness campaigns funded by the Illinois Department of Public Health when Whitaker ran the agency for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich...
Obama has said he recommended Whitaker for that job, which Whitaker landed in April 2003. The president's friend resigned in October 2007 to join Obama's wife, Michelle, as an executive at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
On Friday, Whitaker defended his work as the state's former top health official, saying he developed "new methods" to help "African-American and other minority communities" get better medical care.
Five subpoenas came from a federal grand jury in Springfield, while the sixth came from a grand jury in Chicago...
Besides Whitaker and Golden, authorities have sought e-mail from Louanner Peters, a former Blagojevich deputy governor who now works for U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, and the state's current health chief, Dr. Damon Arnold.
Two other people acknowledged Friday they've been subpoenaed as well: state Rep. Connie Howard (D-Chicago), who founded Let's Talk, Let's Test, and attorney Roxanne Jackson...
In 2003, Obama -- then an Illinois state senator, gave a "glowing" reference for Whitaker to Tony Rezko -- the now-convicted political fixer who helped Blagojevich find people to run state agencies.
Obama has said that's the only time he can recall talking to Rezko -- who was a major campaign fund-raiser for him and for Blagojevich -- about getting anyone a state job.
"Somebody who I do remember talking directly to Tony about was Dr. Eric Whitaker," Obama told the Sun-Times in March 2008.
(Excerpt) Read more at suntimes.com ...
http://www.bostonherald.com/track/inside_track/view.bg?articleid=1276837&srvc=rss
On Friday, Whitaker defended his work as the state's former top health official, saying he developed "new methods" to help "African-American and other minority communities" get better medical care... Two other people acknowledged Friday they've been subpoenaed as well: state Rep. Connie Howard (D-Chicago), who founded Let's Talk, Let's Test, and attorney Roxanne Jackson...
“...you can identify me by those I surround myself with...” =.=
if it looks like a POS and if it smells like a POS then it is a POS
I could be wrong, but I thought that Dr. Whitaker was his golf partner while on vacation.
What? Corruption among zer0’s friends and appointees? No!
His crowning achievement is setting up better healthcare access for African-Americans and other minorities? That was the job of the holdout juror on the Blago trial!
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