[Rhodes22-list] Illinois Governor Arrested for Corruption

[Herb Parsons]

Ask Obama?


Lowe, Rob wrote:
> He tried to sell the seat?  Yeah, that's a new low.  Wonder how much it would have taken to buy it?
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> http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/09/illinois.governor/index.html
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> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Bill Effros
> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 10:09 AM
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> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Illinois Governor Arrested for Corruption
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> December 9, 2008
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>   Illinois Governor Arrested for Corruption
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> By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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> CHICAGO (AP) — An official says Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich 
> (bluh-GOY'-uh-vich) has been arrested in Chicago on corruption charges 
> stemming from the selection of the successor to President-elect Barack 
> Obama's U.S. Senate seat.
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> U.S. Attorney's office spokesman Randall Samborn says both Blagojevich 
> and his chief of staff John Harris were arrested Tuesday. Authorities 
> aren't yet releasing details about those charges. However, a federal law 
> enforcement official tells The Associated Press the governor is accused 
> of corruption charges. The official says the charges stem from the 
> selection process of a successor to Obama.
>
> Federal prosecutors have investigated Blagojevich's administration for 
> at least three years. They've been looking at everything from how he 
> hired people for state jobs to the actions of friends and contributors.
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