Investigators Take Closer Look at Rep. Jackson in Blagojevich Case
NY Times ^ | April 13, 2009 | SUSAN SAULNY and CHRISTOPHER DREW
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The Chicago Tribune reported Friday that the United States attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, who is known for the energy and sweep of his investigations, had subpoenaed several people who had helped Mr. Nayak set up the fund-raiser to benefit Mr. Blagojevich. The Chicago Sun-Times reported on Monday that Mr. Blagojevich’s people had been told that Mr. Jackson would raise up to $5 million in campaign cash for Mr. Blagojevich.
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Representative Jesse L. Jackson Jr. went to see the Illinois governor in December to press for an appointment to the United States Senate seat being vacated by Barack Obama.
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Entitled “Replacing Michelle” in the National Review “The Week” column. I
Some employees are simply irreplaceable. Take Michelle Obama: The University of Chicago Medical center hired her in 2002 to run “programs for community relations, neighborhood outreach, volunteer recruitment, staff diversity and minority contracting”.
In 2005 the hospital raised her salary from $120,000 to $317,000 - nearly twice what her husband made as a Senator.
Oh did we mention that her husband had just become a US Senator? He sure had. Requested a $1 million earmark for
the UC Medical Center, in fact. Way to network Michelle!
But now that Mrs. Obama has resigned, the hospital says her position will remain unfilled. How can that be, if the work she did was vital enough to be worth $317,000?
We can think of only one explanation: Senator Roland Burris’s wife wasn’t interested.
Let me add that Michelle’s position was a half time, 20 hour a week job.And to think they were critical of Blagoyovich’s wife for taking $100,000 in fuzzy real estate commission.
How did this bit of quid pro quo corruption escape the sharp reporters that dug through Sarah Palin’s garbage
And kindergarten files?