Posted on 12/09/2008 6:14:19 AM PST by KeyLargo
Edited on 12/09/2008 6:17:49 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
A source said today that Gov. Rod Blagojevich was taken into federal custody at his North Side home this morning. The U.S. attorney's office would not confirm the information, and a spokesman for the governor did not immediately return a phone call for comment.
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He’s either quite arrogant or utterly stupid! maybe both
What other kinds of lowlifes call themselves FOOs, I wonder. Obama’s batting a thousand with these dirtbag friends of his.
One year after the last governor was sent to prison, the current governor is in federal custody. Unbelievable.
Next up on eBay is the seat of ex-governor Blago (D), soon to be available to well-heeled customers. We accept cash, VISA, Mastercard and contracts.
Jesse Jackson Jr. was interested in the ObaMao seat. I wonder what his bid was?
Right now it appears that the wire worn by Wyma [sp?] revealed Blago was trying to sell Opossum’s US Senate seat.
Not too clear, though.
Well, that I wasn’t aware of. I have to agree in that case. That really makes me think again about her...
BTW, I was down in your area on Saturday (New Lenox) for a Kiwanis meeting. Boy, is hwy 30 a maze in that area. Lot’s of fun finding my way home in the dark Saturday evening, especially with the blowing and not being able to see the markings for where hwy 30 turns left, right, up down & backwards...
He dared the authorities to tape him. He sounds more arrogant than Spitzer.
Feds probe of Blagojevich administration expanded to include Obama Senate replacement process
Ruh roh.
Supposedly that’s in the indictment. It’s unbelievable. He wanted set up some non-profit that he would “work” at after he left office.
I missed most of it because I was posting during the monologue. Right now they’re saying mail & wire fraud and other charges.
Coming soon to a 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
GLENN BECK TALKIN ABOUT IT NOW!:) :) :)
What is Illinois, Mexico north?
Holygod ... who says the Mafia is gone ?
Only two, before Ryan we had Thombson and Edgar, Reps. Then there was Dan Walker (d) who went to the can, before him Ogilvie (R), then briefly Sam Skinner (d), who finished Otto Kerner's (D) term when he got sent up. And this clown is going to get sent up for selling the President elect's Senate seat, to the President elect's long term mentor. The President elect is clueless, of course, no one would even ask the question.
Holy Jeepers!
What an absolute doofus. He really is as stupid as he looks!
......also positions in the new cabinet FOR SALE...
“Old Schooling” by not driving the tollways (355 to 88), huh?
Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich and his Chief of Staff, John Harris, were arrested today by FBI agents on federal corruption charges alleging that they and others are engaging in ongoing criminal activity: conspiring to obtain personal financial benefits for Blagojevich by leveraging his sole authority to appoint a United States Senator; threatening to withhold substantial state assistance to the Tribune Company in connection with the sale of Wrigley Field to induce the firing of Chicago Tribune editorial board members sharply critical of Blagojevich; and to obtain campaign contributions in exchange for official actions – both historically and now in a push before a new state ethics law takes effect January 1, 2009.
Blagojevich, 51, and Harris, 46, both of Chicago, were each charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and solicitation of bribery. They were charged in a two-count criminal complaint that was sworn out on Sunday and unsealed today following their arrests, which occurred without incident, announced Patrick J. Fitzgerald, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Both men were expected to appear later today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Nan Nolan in U.S. District Court in Chicago.
A 76-page FBI affidavit alleges that Blagojevich was intercepted on court-authorized wiretaps during the last month conspiring to sell or trade Illinois’ U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama for financial and other personal benefits for himself and his wife. At various times, in exchange for the Senate appointment, Blagojevich discussed obtaining:
A substantial salary for himself at a either a non-profit foundation or an organization affiliated with labor unions;
Placing his wife on paid corporate boards where he speculated she might garner as much as $150,000 a year;
Promises of campaign funds – including cash up front; and
A cabinet post or ambassadorship for himself.
Just last week, on December 4, Blagojevich allegedly told an advisor that he might “get some (money) up front, maybe” from Senate Candidate 5, if he named Senate Candidate 5 to the Senate seat, to insure that Senate Candidate 5 kept a promise about raising money for Blagojevich if he ran for re-election. In a recorded conversation on October 31, Blagojevich claimed he was approached by an associate of Senate Candidate 5 as follows: “We were approached ‘pay to play.’ That, you know, he’d raise 500 grand. An emissary came. Then the other guy would raise a million, if I made him (Senate Candidate 5) a Senator.”
continued at http://cbs2chicago.com/local/rod.blagojevich.charged.2.883170.html
WLS says federal agents are in his office right now as we speak.
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