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By Carl Franzen - AOL NewsThe federal corruption trial of disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was always expected to be as colorful, unpredictable and ostentatious as the man himself. Still, it's a shock to learn that in his scheme to fill the Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama (allegedly in exchange for material compensation), "Blago" was hoping to secure at least one other eminently famous Chicago resident: Oprah Winfrey. That's the big news to emerge out of the testimony of former Blago chief-of-staff John Harris on Monday. In a call secretly recorded on Nov. 21, 2008, and replayed for the jury, ...
Washington Post: Follow the Money...or Not
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyWashington Post ombudsman Andrew Alexander came out swinging in his Sunday column. He called the plan to sell sponsorships for a dinner of journalists and power brokers in the publisher's home an "ethical lapse of monumental proportions." ...
Obama Appointee in Pay-to-Play Scandal
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyVetting troubles continue to dog the Obama Administration as another White House appointee is revealed to have engaged in questionable behavior in his previous position. Former Bronx, NY, Borough President Adolfo Carrion is the new White House Director of Urban Policy, a staff position for which no Senate confrmation is necessary. That may be a good thing for Carrion, as Senators would surely have had some questions about Carrion's alleged ties to several Bronx developers who mysteriously became Carrion fundraisers in the weeks and months before their development projects were approved by the ...
Barack Obama Linked to Figure in Pay-to-Play Investigation
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyPresident-elect Barack Obama received more than $30,000 in campaign contributions from David Rubin, the central figure in a federal probe into an alleged pay-to-play scandal involving New Mexico state contracts. The investigation forced Obama's nominee to head the Commerce Department, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (D), to withdraw from the confirmation process earlier this week. Obama accepted the federal maximum from Rubin, $2,300, and more than $28,000 that went to a special fund shared by the Obama campaign and the Democratic National Committee.Rubin is under investigation for ...
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