Illinois Governor Taken Into Custody As Probe Widens to Include Obama Replacement Process

"llinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich and his Chief of Staff, John Harris, were arrested today by FBI agents on federal corruption charges alleging that they and others are engaging in ongoing criminal activity: conspiring to obtain personal financial benefits for Blagojevich by leveraging his sole authority to appoint a United States Senator; threatening to withhold substantial state assistance to the Tribune Company in connection with the sale of Wrigley Field to induce the firing of Chicago Tribune editorial board members sharply critical of Blagojevich; and to obtain campaign contributions in exchange for official actions – both historically and now in a push before a new state ethics law takes effect January 1, 2009."

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December 9, 2008 at 9:51 am - Fox News
Dateline: Chicago, IL
Anonymous   December 9th, 2008 - 10:00 am

All This While Obama Says He’s A “Christian”?
You Cannot Serve Both God And Money.
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=8FD18593EFEACDEB

fande3rls   December 9th, 2008 - 10:01 am

GO to JAIL DEMOCRAT GO TO JAIL .
ALL OF THESE PEOPLE ARE TIED TO OBAMA .
ALL ARE DEMOCRATS .
THIS IS THE CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN.
lol lol lol lol

Anonymous   December 9th, 2008 - 10:21 am

Ill. Gov. arrested in Obama successor probe
By MIKE ROBINSON, Associated Press Writer
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/12/09/national/a064842S88.DTL

The Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday morning that the federal investigation had spread to Blagojevich’s efforts to fill the U.S. Senate vacancy left by the election of Barack Obama as president.

Political fundraiser Antoin “Tony” Rezko who raised money for the campaigns of both Blagojevich and Obama is awaiting sentencing after being convicted of fraud and other charges. Blagojevich’s chief fundraiser, Christopher G. Kelly, is due to stand trial early next year on charges of obstructing the Internal Revenue Service.

michelle   December 9th, 2008 - 10:26 am

Please, don’t tell me anyone is freaked. The last Gov. is still in prison (George Ryan). REP. This one will be. All these creeps are from the Chicago scum political sewer. The one we really need to watch is Barack Obama.He is the Main squeeze of this whole bunch of pigs in denial of who they really are. Blago, Daley, Obama, Jackson,Emanual, Clinton(hilly is from here)Resko,Ayers, Wright,Ryan,Durbin(asking for Ryans pardon),They are power hungry ,self -centered,communist, money hungry mental leaches.

claspur   December 9th, 2008 - 10:37 am

I like your comments, Michelle. :o)

I(We) sit over here on the Lake, an hour out of Chicago, and just roll our eyes laughing at the idiots that keep re-electing these corrupt turds.

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IF THIS IS ANY INDICATION OF OBAMAS ETHICS WE ARE   December 9th, 2008 - 10:53 am

In BIG TROUBLE!

These Chicago THUGS including OBAMA should all be put in PRISON IMMEDIATELY!

media guy   December 9th, 2008 - 10:57 am

Why does this surprise anyone?

The list of the criminals associated with our new “president-elect” from Chicago is gaining ground on the list the Clintons had from Arkansas.

But I could be wrong..

Woody   December 9th, 2008 - 11:02 am

What a crook! Media Guy is right.

PUBLIC MASS OUTCRY AND UPRISING   December 9th, 2008 - 11:22 am

I feel it coming, how about you?

anon   December 9th, 2008 - 11:33 am

D’OH!!!!!!!!!!!

beverly   December 9th, 2008 - 11:37 am

michelle is absolutely right.

obama is at the top of the heap.

claspur   December 9th, 2008 - 11:38 am

Excuse me… while I try to stop laughing my azz off here ….*sigh

ralpherus   December 9th, 2008 - 11:49 am

So much time and effort doing wiretaps and evidence gathering could have been saved, and used elsewhere, if they had just acted on the OBVIOUS: open and notorious TREASON vis-a-vis gun control. Disarming innnocent Americans should get one HANGED THAT AFTERNOON. Americans- we need to STOP TOLERATING TRAITORS> WE NEED TO GET RID OF THEM.

Lucalacka Jones   December 9th, 2008 - 11:57 am

The crook trail leads to the office the Liberals President Elect Barry the Muslim.

Hedge   December 9th, 2008 - 12:02 pm

The only thing surprising is how stupid and arrogant they are. All of them….lets see if the media takes off the white gloves and starts connecting the dots with the messiah.

doogle   December 9th, 2008 - 12:07 pm

Rush Limbaugh tossed the show prep out that he did last night for today’s show…gonna be a COMPLETELY different subject now I would imagine…gotta listen to that!

IrishKay   December 9th, 2008 - 12:08 pm

It’s tooo bad they didn’t start wire tapping sooner, I think ‘SOMEONE slipped through the cracks!!
Wink, wink!

doogle   December 9th, 2008 - 12:09 pm

Rush said: Obama’s gotta start his “pardon list” early!

doogle   December 9th, 2008 - 12:10 pm

IrishKay…you never can tell…maybe they didn’t start wire tapping too late…

The Day Chicago Got Theirs!   December 9th, 2008 - 12:14 pm

what’s that old saying, “The big one got away” – or –
“The ‘ONE’ THAT GOT AWAY!” – we’ll have to wait and see about that.

IrishKay   December 9th, 2008 - 12:19 pm

doogle December 9th, 2008 – 12:10 pm

IrishKay…you never can tell…maybe they didn’t start wire tapping too late…

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Yes, Virginia!! There is a Santa Claus!!

ralpherus   December 9th, 2008 - 12:21 pm

Jam: obama has already participated in disarming Americans to their detriment…. evil slime is evil slime.

Jam   December 9th, 2008 - 12:22 pm

“Blagojevich allegedly told an associate he knew Obama wanted a specific Senate candidate but “they’re not going to give me anything except appreciation.” He finished the remark with an expletive. “……..http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=2008-12-09_D94VA3HG0&show_article=1&cat=breaking

So far, your accusations against Obama are without basis.

rater   December 9th, 2008 - 12:22 pm

Now we know how Obama bought HIS senate seat…

doogle   December 9th, 2008 - 12:23 pm

Here’s hoping The O has to step down before he steps up on the 20th!

IrishKay   December 9th, 2008 - 12:23 pm

beverly December 9th, 2008 – 11:37 am

michelle is absolutely right.

obama is at the top of the heap.

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You’re soo right, the manure pile is soo high it reaches the ‘Office of the President-Elect’s’ Podium! – and the smell!!!!

PaleRyder   December 9th, 2008 - 12:30 pm

I for one am shocked and extremely dissappointed that any leaders of the current dem crop are involved in corrupt money issues.After all,their hands are clean of the fannie,freddie mortgage meltdown.What concerns me is ,why no one,including the obama team ever bothered to report these things even after being approached by this crook and him expecting financial favors in exchange.The lack of respect for the law of the land is staggering when it comes to this party and money issues.It’s obvious the presidency was up for sale with the illegal campaign donations for barry,yet nothing gets down.If the proper authorities won’t act and uphold the law,how long before people uphold it themselves???How exactly is it that money coming from overseas to fund an election is not being investigated,how is it that a CITIZEN of this nation has no legal standing to question the qualificcations for office of a presidential candidate?How long do the completely moralling bankrupt buffoons in DC think we will stand by and take the abuses of power and neglect of the enforcement of those very laws we would be hung out to dry on if we committed???Not much longer I suspect.

New York State of Mind!   December 9th, 2008 - 12:33 pm

Maybe when this all comes out – we can THEN focus on the Senate seat in NY!! Doesn’t Hillary come from Chicago?

The Day Chicago Got Theirs!   December 9th, 2008 - 12:33 pm

Jam December 9th, 2008 – 12:22 pm-
So far, your accusations against Obama are without basis.

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Just keep on defending him- he will NEED defending-
Search for Truth, Reject the Rest!

Eileen for Freedom/Liberty   December 9th, 2008 - 1:01 pm

Now, America, let’s see the outrage that we have been duped again by politicians.

It is not limited to Illinois…it is everywhere and, especially, in Washington!

We, America, are to blame for letting this take place. Letting politicians feeling so certain that they can get away with it that they will do anything and everything.

Buying the Senate seat that the “Messiah of Islam” vacated? What a disgrace!

We, America, have the power with our votes. Let us take back the power we’ve so willingly given to these slugs!

Sean R.   December 9th, 2008 - 1:16 pm

Michelle, you couldn’t said it any better girl, I never heard of this governor from Illinois, now the governor of my state (New York) is such a dumbass and a tool, whenever someone disagrees with this schmuck (Gov. David Patterson) he starts to play victimhood.

But Michelle, you also got to realize that both Republicans and Democrats are “CORRUPT”, both parties are out for their own interest, instead of protecting we the American private citizen!

Liberalism is a Mental Disorder!!!!

ralpherus   December 9th, 2008 - 1:27 pm

NFL watching is half the reason we got in such a state…..like in old rome- divert the people’s attention from the government with trash, and soon the empire falls. Well, I for one find no value at all in watching football… hearing a score on occasion sure… but, hours and hours knowing stats of each player and all- WASTE. Like the obstructionist do nothing pelosi congress spending hundreds of millions of dollars on STEROID use by baseball players!! HELLO- the border is still open you GD traitors!! If folks watched congress the way they view football, there would never be another god damned cheap scum thieving fascist traitor murder pig democrat elected, EVER AGAIN. Besides- the NFL is ANTI-GUN! Do not support people who want you murdered (that is what happens when you get disarmed) Turn off ALL television. Join the Great Shun: conduct NO business with democrats. Do not fix their toilet, nor their car. Do not sell them gasoline, unless it was from “little oil”- do not schedule cardia surgery…. let them know how much we need them to stay here!! (not at all, duh!) Good luck Americans, this has yet to get started… Remember- every time we are nice and kind and gentle to a criminal- an innocent person is sure to get hurt…

Well ...   December 9th, 2008 - 1:35 pm

Chicago politicians sure are good at using swear words. It must be one of the qualifications for office over there.

SiliconDoc   December 9th, 2008 - 3:02 pm

This shows how PATHETIC the “right wing news” Fox is. Viewers likely seeing and hearing about this “for the first time”.
In other words, Fox slept through 2 full YEARS of pay for play Obama southside Chicago armpit of the midwest political SALES – and there is NO DOUBT Obama is beyond neck deep in choking on the very same type of illegal wheeling and dealing. At the national level the O campaign got the bundled overseas credit card name fraud million$ of middle east foreign contribution$, and now we see how DC – and that means ALL of the congresscritters work on a daily basis.
This isn’t a NEW LOW as Pat Fitz. put it- it is business as usual – just exposed and caught – and the “oh how convenient” new law coming into effect WAS MADE TO COVER FOR OBAMA – yes as soon as Jan. 1st hits- ALL THOSE CHICAGO SUPPORT POLS can just say “that was the past it was legal then it just isn’t now nothing to see here…” – and Obama skates into the Omessiah light as if he is clean as a whistle…
ANOTHER SCAM BY THE LEFT GOV STATE LEGISLATURE…- Emil Jones the Obama KINGMAKER and company…
“We finally decided to outlaw out corruption 20 days before Obama takes to9p world office”.
If it ain’t obvious to you, please do us a favor and don’t vote ever again.

Obama is FOREIGN-BORN?   December 9th, 2008 - 3:31 pm

Has Obama seen these? These bumper stickers use the “O” symbol to spell out:

“cOmmie”
“dOuche”
“fOreign-born”

…and plenty of other accurate descriptions!

http://www.nobamastickers.blogspot.com

U.R. Dreaming   December 9th, 2008 - 3:52 pm

I wonder if this investigation was ended early so as to NOT embarrass or implicate the new president elect? What if the governor had been left alone for another week. Would he have reached out to Rahm E. or his holiness, BHO in an attempt to get a better deal for the senate seat appointment?

Do you think that Fitz did not want this to happen so he closed the investigation down now?

Just asking.

Where are the Lemmings?   December 9th, 2008 - 4:23 pm

I’m not seeing a single comment from any of the usual Obama-drones and lefty lemmings that frequently troll this site. As expected, their heads are in the sand or they’re all planning their “Call in Gay” Day tomorrow. The left is really quite pitiful and it’s a shame they have nearly half of Americans guzzling that kool-aide.

buster   December 9th, 2008 - 9:03 pm

Why Is Chicago So Corrupt?

http://www.slate.com/id/2206364/?from=rss

B   December 10th, 2008 - 1:55 am

What’s wrong wrong with Blagojevich trying to sell obama’s seat? The presidential election was bought. I say who ever raises the most money should get it. That’s the Chicago way you know? Whoever wants the senators seat could even see about getting some contributions from Iran, Africa, and Osama Bin Laden may even donate. That is if he has any money left after donating to obama.
You can bet your bottom dollar obama has made a few calls. That’s why he so insistent on keeping his blackberry. Off the subject I was wondering about the dog they have to buy because his daughter suffers from allergies. Just wondering if obama smoking bothers her?

Kenny C   December 10th, 2008 - 7:47 am

Let’s face it….all politicians are distend for jail…trouble is they all don’t get caught…Are Illinois Governors stupid?…4 now have been jailed…Lets get on these other States and hold their feet to the fire….I’m sure there should be more behind bars.

Sean R.   December 10th, 2008 - 10:29 am

Hey SiliconDon, last I checked Fox News was no longer “right wing” as you claimed, they’ve gone to the left wing since the 2004 election. It’s pathetic that left wing news only tell half truths and NEVER give out the facts, have you thought about that SiliconDon? Do you think that the midstream illiberal media and press tell you all the truths and the facts everyday of the week? No they don’t give out the facts, and that’s why news television stations and newspapers are laying off some of their employees, because nobodies watching their left wing news coverage and nobodies reading their left wing drag-newspapers anymore!

Liberalism is a Mental Disorder!!!!

Neal E   December 10th, 2008 - 12:53 pm

Culture of Corruption indeed!

Eileen for Freedom/Liberty   December 10th, 2008 - 3:42 pm

NEW SOCIALIST/COMMUNISTIC DEMOCRATIC DEFINITION OF CHANGE: SAME OL’ SAME OL’
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The “Messiah of Islam” was reported on the radio today that he will “start” to use his middle name “Hussein”.

Isn’t that ironic, America, now wants to use his Arab name. Would not use it during the election when it might have prevented citizens voting for him…but now that he has been elected by over half of the dumbest citizens in America…he will bring it out for all to see and hear!

In addition it was also reported today that he said “we (America) need to improve “our” image in the Muslim world”!

What….what? Don’t you think…oh…Messiah of Islam…the leader of our great country…America…that “they” the Muslim world needs to improve “their” image to us?

Afterall…they attacked us…oh…Messiah of Islam!

You know, America, the Nation of Islam’s Louis Farrakhan would never, ever say that a “Christian” is their Messiah. But, yet, he declared that one Barack Hussein Obama is the Muslim Messiah they have all been waiting for.

This man…is a Muslim…don’t be surprised if he wants to take the oath of office on both the bible and the koran under the premise that he wants to honor both his mother and his father’s heritage!

And you can bet, America, that birth certificate he is hiding…says he is Muslim and was born in Kenya!

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JUST ANOTHER CHAPTER IN THE “REIGN OF BARRY HUSSEIN”!

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