At the time, right after the election but before Obama even took office, Patrick Fitzgerald explicitly stated that he rolled up an important investigation prematurely because there was a crime involving President elect Obama in progress and he did not want to catch the President Elect of the United States in serious criminal political corruption, ie trading of political favors from Obama, the soon to be President in return for the Illinois Gov appointing the Senate replacement of Obama’s personal choice, before Beam even took office
The media gave Obama a pass
[At the time, right after the election but before Obama even took office, Patrick Fitzgerald explicitly stated that he rolled up an important investigation prematurely because there was a crime involving President elect Obama in progress and he did not want to catch the President Elect of the United States in serious criminal political corruption, ie trading of political favors from Obama, the soon to be President in return for the Illinois Gov appointing the Senate replacement of Obamas personal choice, before Beam even took office]