This is an excerpt from an Associated Press article published yesterday.
WASHINGTON -An internal review shows aides to President-elect Barack Obama had no "inappropriate discussions" with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich or his staff concerning the search for a Senate replacement from Illinois, a spokesman for the presidential transition office said Monday. But spokesman Dan Pfeiffer also said the office won't release details of its review until the week of Dec. 22 at the request of prosecutors "in order not to impede their investigation of the governor."
There are no suggestions that Obama or his aides were involved in the alleged sale of his seat. U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has said prosecutors were making no allegations that Obama was aware of any scheming. And Blagojevich himself, in taped conversations cited by prosecutors, suggested that Obama wouldn't be helpful to him and called him a vulgar term. Even if the governor was to appoint a candidate favored by the Obama team, Blagojevich said, "they're not willing to give me anything except appreciation."
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Comments: 6
David Axelrod, now Obama's Chief Advisor dropped Blagojevich because of his bad behavior and wouldn't touch him after news start leaking of Blago being investigated during his first term and did not manage Blago's camapaign for a second term as gov. Everybody in the know including Obama knew the grapevine and kept their distance including Mayor Daley.
You are too charitable, being a crook from the git go is not a personality disorder!