Obama people and the Prez-elect must be beside themselves. The media will have fun with this one! Let's see it they are willing to dig into 'what Obama and his people knew and when did they know it.'
I wasn't feeling well this afternoon, so I spent time reading the FBI agent's affidavit filed as part of the criminal complaint by Fitzgerald, the U.S. Attorney. How a governor who ran on an anti-corruption platform in 2002 could say and do the things that have been captured via wiretaps, people wearing wires and plea-bargained witnesses is incomprehensible. It's like reading a crime mystery novel! And this apparently is only the tip of the iceberg.
While the affidavit is careful not to suggest that Obama's people were part of this episode, reading between the lines one can see that people from his team had to have been involved. I'd start with Axelrod who stated only a couple of weeks ago that Obama had talked with Blagojevich about the appointmnet of Obama's replacement as Senator. Meanwhile, today, Obama states on TV that he hadn't talked with the Governor. Someone is not telling the truth. Nearly simultaneously Obama's team says that Axelrod, appointed to a senior White House advisory position, 'misspoke!"
Another interesting note, Obama made this statement with Al Gore sitting at a table along with Joe Biden. The affidavit implicates Gore's 2000 campaign national fundraiser in the Governor's shenanigans and describes Joseph Cari's situation in this footnote:
"Cari testified pursuant to his obligations under a written plea agreement entered into with the government. In the plea agreement, Cari pled guilty to the attempted extortion of JER, an investment company attempting to obtain a State of Illinois investment. In exchange for his truthful cooperation, the government agreed to recommend at the time of Cari’s sentencing that Cari receive a sentence of two and a half years in prison. The plea agreement allows his counsel to ask for any sentence, including probation. Prior to pleading guilty to attempted extortion, Cari had no criminal history."
Dec. 9, 2008http://online.wsj.com/article/
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested Tuesday on charges of conspiring to get financial benefits through his authority to appoint a U.S. senator to fill the vacancy left by Barack Obama's election as president.
A 76-page FBI affidavit said the 51-year-old Democratic governor was intercepted on court-authorized wiretaps over the last month conspiring to sell or trade the vacant Senate seat for personal benefits for himself and his wife, Patti.
"I want to make money," the affidavit quotes him as saying in one conversation.
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