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...sale of President-elect Obama's newly vacant Senate seat. And he may have allegedly tried to force the newly bankrupt Tribune Co. to fire editorial staff members who were critical of him. And it's possible he traded favors for campaign contributions. But this is Illinois; as Robert Grant, the special agent in charge of the FBI's Chicago field office, told the press at the announcement of the indictment, "if it isn't the most corrupt state in the United States, it's certainly one hell of a competitor." (Read TIME's 2-minute bio on Rod Blagojevich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Illinois Corruption | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

...November could hear that Obama's old seat was being auctioned to the highest bidder. Fitzgerald feared that the longer Blagojevich remained as governor, the more likely he would name someone to replace Obama in exchange for a bribe. "Sunlight is the best disinfectant, as Justice Brandeis said," explained Robert Litt, who served in the Justice Department under Bill Clinton. "By bringing this all out into the open, Fitzgerald is making the assumption that nobody would dare cut a deal with Blagojevich now, and he himself will be deterred from making one. And if he is stripped of his power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Governor Gone Wild: The Blagojevich Scandal | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

...complete. In his probe of public corruption in Illinois, he has already brought charges against 15 people, including Blagojevich's predecessor, former governor George Ryan. "If it isn't the most corrupt state in the United States, it's certainly one hell of a competitor," says FBI special agent Robert Grant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Governor Gone Wild: The Blagojevich Scandal | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

...post-Senate career, Daschle has worked on healthcare policy issues and been employed by lobbying firm Alston & Bird, which he joined after being recruited by another former senator, Robert Dole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Incoming HHS Secretary Tom Daschle | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

...friends in the Senate, and I've got a lot of friends in the Senate." - Robert Dole, former senator, on Daschle taking a job at lobbying firm Aston & Bird, where Dole also worked, Washington Post March...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Incoming HHS Secretary Tom Daschle | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

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