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The Blagojevich Scandal is Obama’s Scandal
Says Judicial Watch Obama and Chicago
SYNOPSIS OF CHICAGO CORRUPTION AND CONNECTIONS TO OBAMA
Jan 28, 2009 All Illinois Senators voted YES to Impeach Governor Blagojevich
Jan 26, 2009 The impeachment of Governor is held without his presence.
Blagojevich and his attorneys have
said they are boycotting the impeachment trial and will not be there to
participate because the rules are unfair. They restrict his calling
witnesses or challenging the report prepared by at House impeachment
hearings. "To participate in a process that denies fundamental due process,
and to be part of a process that doesn't allow for calling of witnesses, and
worse than that, doesn't allow for me or any citizen to challenge charges
that are brought against me, is a fundamental violation of the
constitution," Blagojevich said. "It is a trampling of the constitution."
Jan 7, 2009 After initially denying Roland Burris admittance to the
Senate, Democrat King of the Hill, Harry Reid made an about face. Racial
bias is alleged to be the pressure point on the white faced Reid as he
opened the Senate doors to the Burris appointment.
Dec 31, 2008 Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich defied Democratic party
leaders by appointing an African American statesman to the vacated seat.
Senate Democrats have vowed to block the appointment, saying former Illinois
attorney general Roland Burris would "serve under a shadow and be plagued by
questions of impropriety," but it is unclear if they have the legal right to
do so. Illinois congressman and civil rights leader Bobby Rush used racially
tinged language in urging Senate Democrats to reconsider Tuesday, saying
they should "not hang and lynch the appointee as you try to castigate the
appointer."
Dec 23, 2008
White House attorney Greg Craig
wrote a review for Obama.
Craig said, "Rahm Emanuel
was the only Obama transition team member who discussed the Senate
appointment with Blagojevich, and those conversations were totally
appropriate and acceptable," so says Obama's Attorney.
Emanuel had about
four telephone conversations with John Harris, Chief of Staff to the
Governor, on the subject of the Senate seat.
(Warriors comment, if they were NOT recorded then this as far as it probably
goes)
Nov 7, 2008 Obama made his first key appointment, with Democratic
congressman Rahm Emanuel accepting the role of White House chief of staff.
Dec 11, 2008 President Elect
Barack Obama has denied any knowledge of a staggering web of corruption that
came to light in his home state of Illinois.
Dec. 11-2008 - In a press conference, President Elect Barack Obama
said,
"I am appalled and disappointed by what we heard in those transcripts"
"I had no contact with the governor's office" and "did not speak to the
governor about these issues,"
"I am absolutely certain" that "our office had no involvement in any
deal-making around my Senate seat."
Dec 15, 2008 Obama advisers now say they assume some of Rahm
Emanuel's conversations with Blagojevich aides were caught on tape.
Obama dispatched Emanuel days after the vote to contact aides of
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to begin talking up Mr. Obama's preferred
candidates, associates of Rom Emanuel said. Among those in Obama's inner
circle, Emanuel had the closest relationships to Blagojevich, a Democrat. He
succeeded Blagojevich in 2002 to the House seat that covered Chicago's near
north side.
Tony Rezko, former longtime
friend and fundraiser for President-elect Barack Obama is talking to federal
prosecutors in hopes of a reduced sentence.
December 9 -Illinois Governor, Democrat Rod Blagojevich was arrested on corruption charges related
to the appointment of a Senator to replace Barack Obama.
Blagojevich under state law has the sole responsibility for naming a
successor to Obama, the only African-American in the Senate.
Prosecutor Fitzgerald said "The complaint makes no allegations about the
president-elect whatsoever," "We make no allegations that he's aware of
anything, and that's as simply as I can put it." Legal experts said it's
unusual to make such a blanket statement while an investigation was
continuing.
News Update Dec 15th - Blagojevich refuses to resign. Democrats set
motions to impeach him.
Jesse Jackson Jr,, the son of Jesse Jackson and a 13-year congressman, has
been the most active self-promoter for the high-profile job. He recently
commissioned a poll to demonstrate to Blagojevich that he would be electable
on a statewide basis in 2010 if he were awarded the post. The congressman's
staff also has regularly floated news releases and appeared in TV interviews
to campaign for the job.
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CHICAGO (AP) - Barack Obama insists he didn't
have any contact with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich or anyone else who might
have been scheming to sell the president-elect's U.S. Senate seat. But he
has not yet given his transition staff the same clean bill of health -
perhaps with good reason.
An examination of the FBI complaint against Blagojevich and the days
immediately following Obama's historic election victory suggests the
governor was highly interested in Obama confidante Valerie Jarrett as a
potential Senate appointee, albeit with a steep price tag.
The 76-page complaint contains multiple references to "Senate Candidate
1," whose description clearly fits Jarrett, a former finance
chief for Obama's earlier campaigns and incoming senior White House adviser.
In secretly recorded conversations, the Democratic governor said he'd be
willing to appoint Jarrett - Obama's supposed favorite to replace him - in
return for a high-paying job at a national union organization called Change
to Win.
At a news conference Dec 11th, Obama said his office was assembling any
information about possible contacts "between the transition office and the
governor's office," and that he intended to release any such detail in the
next few days.
"But what I'm absolutely certain about is that our office had no involvement
in any deal making around my Senate seat," Obama said. "That I'm absolutely
certain of."
It remained unclear whether anyone on Obama's team had been in contact with
Blagojevich or his associates regarding the Senate seat.
According to the complaint, Blagojevich met Nov. 5 with an official of the
Service Employees International Union-Local 1 who is believed to be Tom
Balanoff, a longtime Obama supporter who spoke at the Democratic National
Convention.
Blagojevich "understood" that the SEIU official was "an emissary to discuss
Senate Candidate 1's interest" in the Senate seat. Though just a day after
the election, media reports had already identified Jarrett as being
interested in the job.
SEIU officials released a statement Dec 11th saying the organization had
been in contact with the U.S. attorney's office and had no reason to believe
the union or any union official had been involved in misconduct. The
statement said the union, and specifically Balanoff, were "fully
cooperating" with the probe.
During a Nov. 5 call, Blagojevich said the Senate appointment was a thing of
value, something not given away "for nothing."
Two days later, Blagojevich allegedly suggested he'd be willing to "trade"
the Senate seat to Jarrett in exchange for the Health and Human Services
secretary's job. He repeated that desire during a separate, three-way call
involved Blagojevich, Chief of Staff John Harris and someone identified only
as "Advisor B," a Washington-based consultant.
Harris noted that Blagojevich also would consider being appointed to a
high-paying position at Change to Win and that Balanoff, who declined
numerous requests for an interview with The Associated Press, could
guarantee the appointment.
In return, Obama would be expected to help Change to Win with its
legislative agenda on a national level, said Harris, according to the
criminal complaint.
As the FBI listened in, Harris suggested the three-way deal would give Obama
"a buffer so there is no obvious quid pro quo" regarding Jarrett. And
"Adviser B" said "they should leverage the President-elect's desire to have
Senate Candidate 1 appointed to the Senate seat" in exchange for a big job
at Change to Win.
On Nov. 10, Blagojevich, his wife, Harris, the governor's chief counsel
William R. Quinlan and several Washington-based advisers conducted an
extraordinary two-hour conference call.
Blagojevich conceded he probably wouldn't get the HHS job or an
ambassadorship because of so much negative publicity surrounding him.
Using several expletives, Blagojevich said he was reluctant to give Obama
"his senator" without anything in return; he said he'd appoint a deputy
governor before giving the job to Candidate 1. He also considered appointing
himself to the job to avoid impeachment.
During the next 36 hours, the governor grew angry and suggested Obama's camp
was not interested in making a deal.
"They're not willing to give me anything except appreciation. (Expletive)
them," Blagojevich told Harris in an intercepted call Nov. 11. The men
talked about alternative candidates and perhaps starting a nonprofit
organization that could possibly be funded by a wealthy Obama supporter,
perhaps Warren Buffett.
Asked Dec 11th why the governor might have believed the Obama camp wasn't
going to cooperate, Obama refused to speculate.
"I can't presume to know what was in the mind of the governor during this
process," he said. "All I can do is read what was in the transcripts, like
the rest of you have read it, and shake my head."
On Nov. 12, major news organizations, including the AP, quoted sources as
saying Jarrett was not interested in the Senate seat. The Chicago Tribune
said it had received an e-mail from Jarrett declaring, "I am not interested
in the Senate seat."
But as the day wore on, Blagojevich continued to discuss the possibility of
appointing "Senate Candidate 1" in a series of calls; Blagojevich would stay
on as governor and ostensibly run the nonprofit.
"Adviser B" told the governor he liked the Change to Win job best because
"from the President-elect's perspective, there would be fewer
'fingerprints'" because the union organization was already in existence and
fully funded.
During one of the calls, Blagojevich informed the union official - believed
to be Balanoff - that he'd heard Obama now wanted other candidates
considered. Balanoff said he would find out if "Senate Candidate 1" wanted
to keep pushing for the Senate seat.
The discussion during a Nov. 13 call between the governor and "Adviser A"
made it clear Blagojevich wanted a deal from Obama whether his pick was
Jarrett or someone else, according to the complaint. And in subsequent
recorded conversations, the governor indeed moved on to other possible
candidates, including Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.
On Nov. 15, Obama announced the appointment of Jarrett as one of his key
advisers. And yet nine days later, Blagojevich may not have given up on the
idea that Jarrett was still his way to cash in: According to Sen. Dick
Durbin, D-Ill., he spoke to the governor about Jarrett on Nov. 24.
"The governor asked me, 'What about Valerie Jarrett? Do you think she's
serious?'" Durbin said, an apparent reference to her withdrawal from
consideration.
"I said, 'Yes, I talked to her. She said she doesn't want this. She's going
to stick with Obama,'" Durbin said.
By RICHARD T. PIENCIAK
Associated Press writer Dennis Conrad in Washington contributed to this
report.
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