Nov. 3 - so Blag has been wire tapped every prior to the election. Before he even knew that Obama would be president and his Senate seat vacated. Would Blag be making deals for a Senate seat he wasn’t sure would even be open?
I’m starting to think that the wire tap was for a totally different reason (Rezko?) and they got lucky and got Blag on this instead.
Ring Blag up on this, then go after him on Rezko or other things.
A couple of months before the election, it was reported that Fitz was looking into something and people thought it might be related to illegal fund raising. A couple of months before the election, Blag definitely wouldn’t be putting the Senate seat out for a bid, so something else was on the burner then.
I’m going to see if I can find those old articles.
If I were going to place a bet, here’s what I’d bet on. I’ll bet that the chances are good that 0bama did NOT offer any bribes to the Gov. Why not? Because he thinks he’s been elected Emperor and is now in charge of everything. I think that what is much more likely is that 0bama was pressing for his choice for Senator and that Blag was expecting a payoff that 0bama was refusing.
I think that if 0bama is going to get nailed for something, it will be his pre-election crimes. After being elected, 0bama may have irritated Blag enough with his imperial demeanor that Blag spills the beans on something else from before the election.
Before the election, 0bama was still a mere mortal and subject to the “normal” rules of Chicago politics (bribes, coercion, quid pro quo). Blag must know what was involved in getting 0bama both the Illinois state Senate seat and the US Senate seat. He may also know details about voter/election fraud during the election.
The media keep talking about 72 or is it 75 pages they have. Where is this published?