Lawyers for embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich want two key aides to President-elect Barack Obama and U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. subpoenaed, according to Chicago media reports.
Blagojevich’s legal team has asked the Illinois House panel that members of Obama’s incoming administration testify before the House impeachment committee, including Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett, WBBM-TV and the Chicago Sun-Times reported late Wednesday.
U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald warned the committee that interviewing witnesses and discussing documents related to the charges against Blagojevich could undermine his criminal investigation. He declined to give the committee documents and other information about his probe, but left open the possibility of giving the committee copies of Blagojevich conversations captured by federal wiretaps.
“Any inquiry into these topics, as well as the taking of testimony from present and former members of the governor’s staff, could significantly compromise the ongoing criminal investigation,” Fitzgerald wrote.
SOURCE: FOX NEWS
Obama releasing his own finding just before Christmas has not kept the pay to play issue out of the media. This will not go away until the fat lady sings. Merry Christmas Barack!
LINKS:
(1) The Obama-Blago contact sheet by Michelle Malkin
(2) Obama Investigation? What Investigation?
