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Breaking KEY FACTS in Blagojevich Case

By SusanUnPC on December 9, 2008 at 5:01 PM in Current Affairs


Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich, D-Ill., left, speaks before the Base Realignment and Closure Commission with U.S. Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., looking on, June 20, 2005, in St. Louis. (AP/James A. Finley) [WSJ, 12/09/08]

FOCUS ON THE CHIEF OF STATE, John Harris, who was also arrested this morning:

  • Square this fact: David Axelrod was on a local Chicago television station two weeks ago [UPPITY WOMAN FOUND IT!], and Axelrod said that President-Elect Barack Obama had talked with Blagojevich about his replacement.

  • With This Fact: HOWEVER, today at P-E Barack Obama’s press conference, P-E Obama said he had not talked to the governor.

OF NOTE in re John Harris/Richard Daley: John Harris was a member of the administration of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, 1996-2005 (including as Budget Director). [PHOTO CAPTION BELOW: Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Barack Obama, and Mayor Richard Daley.]

  • This means that John Harris — who faces SERIOUS charges — has all the “dirt” on Richard Daley and all of his shenanigans.

OF NOTE in re P-E Barack Obama & Tony Rezko & Gov. Rod Blagojevich:

  • Obama used Rezko as a “cut-out” to get favors from Gov. Blagojevich — specifically to get people (i.e., his cronies) appointed to jobs with the State of Illinois.

We will provide details, and substantiations, later but one of the issues likely to surface are the favors that BO secured from Blagojevich.

PDF, Chicago Tribune

Press Release, U.S. Attorneys office, Chicago (see LisaB’s story below for more)

“Obama Senate Seat For Sale?,” The Smoking Gun.