Plea bargaining is commonplace there, too. Rats eat rats in jail...
So, the Feds have been tracking the Gov for THREE years, but decided to act ... NOW. Hmmmm...
From deeper in the story:
"Blagojevich's comments came amid increasing concern by Democrats that the governor's pending appointment of a Senate successor may become politically tainted as a result of the investigations surrounding his administration. Federal investigators have been looking into allegations of corruption regarding state jobs, appointments and contracts in connection with Blagojevich's prolific fundraising."
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"Later Monday, he met for 90 minutes with Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., the South Side and southwest suburban congressman who has been the most visibly active campaigner for the appointment to replace Obama. Jackson, who was among the last high-profile Senate successor candidates to speak with Blagojevich, has had disagreements with the governor and is not close to him."
Frank, Dodd, Pelosi, Boxer, Feinstein, Reid, and 98% of the US Congress should be taken into custody for corruption, misuse of taxpayer dollars, and destruction of the American Constitution.
Fitzpatrick better hurry. Maybe he has a copy of Obama’s kenyan borth certificate. These epople are all criminals. They should arrested gorelnick, franklin Raines, Emmanuel and Robert Rubin.
since corruption is common place, apparently the gov didn’t play ball with either the italian or jewish mafia and got hung by one of them.