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Source: Feds take [Illinois] Gov. Blagojevich into custody
Chicago Tribune ^
| 12/09/08
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.
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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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To: penelopesire
Pat Quinn, Lt Governor of Illinois, another Crook County Citizen. I wonder if they have installed wire tapping in his office as he is probably now taking bids on the filling of the Senate seat.
701
posted on
12/09/2008 11:33:34 AM PST
by
brydic1
To: MeekOneGOP; devolve; ntnychik; PhilDragoo; dixiechick2000; FARS; Fiddlstix; BIGLOOK; bitt; ...
To: Cletus.D.Yokel
SunTimes was used to communicate messages according to the indictment....probably unknowingly.
To: brydic1
No doubt. Durbin is probably taking bids now too....(eye roll)
704
posted on
12/09/2008 11:38:44 AM PST
by
penelopesire
("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
To: ExTexasRedhead
I would love to see that happen.
705
posted on
12/09/2008 11:38:50 AM PST
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote.)
To: KeyLargo
So, to borrow a phrase from Dorothy in Wizard of Oz - is he a 'Good' Fitz or a 'Bad' Fitz?
Is he covering for Obama or gunning for him?
To: potlatch; LucyT; Calpernia; Fred Nerks; Chief Engineer; Candor7
Great Graphic, potlatch
Merry Fitz-mas!
Ping.
707
posted on
12/09/2008 11:40:49 AM PST
by
Iowan
To: freekitty; Arrowhead1952; Piquaboy; Free ThinkerNY; oswegodeee; MinuteGal; romanesq; ...
Maybe there’s video coverage of his arrest. Hopefully, a Freeper will post it.
To: ExTexasRedhead
He’s talkin to the judge as we type.
To: Leisler
Yeah, don’t forget about our Governor, Deval Patrick, aka Obama-lite.
To: ExTexasRedhead
Fitzgerald said in his news conference that they did this early in the morning to avoid a media circus and to avoid waking his children. His wife was awake. The FBI called his home, woke him up and said that they had a warrant for his arrest and there were two FBI agents waiting for him outside and he should go let them in. Blago asked the agent if this was a joke. Once told that this wasn’t, he was arrested without incident.
Now what I want to know is: What happened to his State Police bodyguards? Does the FBI call them ahead of time? Show up and flash badges and tell them to stand down? That’s a lot of guns at 6 AM in Ravenswood...
To: Cletus.D.Yokel
ENJOY!
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich peers from behind a coat, at upper right, as he is transported into the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008, after he was arrested on corruption charges.
712
posted on
12/09/2008 11:52:34 AM PST
by
maggief
To: VideoPaul
What happened to his State Police bodyguards?
My guess is that the head of that ISP detail was on the phone at the same time talking to his commandant who had just been briefed by the FBI (woke him up, too, no doubt)
To: penelopesire
I am a Missourian with lots of relatives living in Illinois. It is a source of great embarrassment to them that they have such corruption in their state. The corruption is and has been endemic for a generation or more and it is in both parties. The republican party of Illinois is controlled by corrupt Rinos and, of course, the democrat party is controlled by the gangsters from Chicago and East St Louis. There appears to be no future for that state. It appears hopeless.
714
posted on
12/09/2008 11:55:03 AM PST
by
brydic1
To: maggief
Turn over passports and released on $4500 bond.
FNC
715
posted on
12/09/2008 11:55:14 AM PST
by
maggief
To: brydic1
It was his office in Chicago that was being served by a search warrant this morning.
716
posted on
12/09/2008 11:55:54 AM PST
by
bcsco
(Illinois politicians should be read their Miranda rights when sworn in to office...)
To: Iowan
Lol, thanks so much Iowan!
Merry Fitz-mas to you too.
To: maggief; Charles Henrickson; bcsco
a must see photo on #712
Hi-larry-us!
To: arkady_renko
Did I just hear Blag
ONLY had a $2400 bail & he's out now???????
That's piddling.
To: KeyLargo
Let’s hear it for phone taps!! Yahoo!
720
posted on
12/09/2008 11:59:24 AM PST
by
Exit148
(Giants versus Jets? How 'bout a tie.)
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