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...revealed that he's part of a federal pay-or-play probe - was hardly a model, and Timothy Geithner's tax problems while at the International Monetary Fund will slow down Geithner's move to Treasury, though probably not for very long. The unexpected indictment of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and the circus that followed introduced a minefield that wasn't on anyone's transition road map, while the choice of Rick Warren to lead an Inaugural prayer generated unanticipated heat from Obama's base...
...Washington Burris Comes In from the Cold Roland Burris, welcome to the U.S. Senate. Democrats backed away from their opposition to embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's pick for the state's vacant seat, announcing that Burris had resolved a paperwork snafu and, barring GOP objections, would be sworn in within days. Senate leaders had attempted to dissuade the governor from naming a new junior Senator, arguing that any appointee would be tainted by Blagojevich's arrest on charges that he conspired to sell or trade the seat for personal gain. Burris, who replaces Obama as the body's lone...
...filing the motion for an extension, Fitzgerald revealed that the investigation, begun in 2003, involves many more suspects than the two thus far charged - Blagojevich and his resigned chief of staff John Harris. Reports are surfacing that the probe is widening beyond the governor into the dealings of his brother Robert, who ran his campaign fund. The motion also noted that "thousands of phone calls were intercepted between late-October 2008 and early-December 2008," that confidential witnesses were used as part of the case and that "multiple witnesses have come forward in recent weeks to discuss their knowledge...
...requesting his extension, Fitzgerald seems to have handed Blagojevich lead attorney Edward Genson a good chunk of information to play with before April 7. Just how will Genson and his team defend the governor against the charge that he attempted to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat and other corruption allegations...
...parse not just the words but what was intended by a conversation. "Who knows what's going on in somebody's mind when they say certain things?" says Smith. "But a jury is permitted to get into their minds and make a finding." Such a strategy would characterize Blagojevich and his co-defendants as experienced political operators who "made it to the top of the game; they're not losers. But one day they woke up to find out the rules had changed, and they can't believe that they've committed a crime...