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December 24, 2008

Obama: No Improper Contact with Blagojevich
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President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team says an internal review
has found no improper contacts with the office of Illinois Governor Rod
Blagojevich. Blagojevich was indicted earlier this month on corruption
charges, including trying to sell off Obama’s vacant Senate seat. Obama
attorney Greg Craig said contact with the Illinois governor’s office was
slight.

Greg Craig: “The report contains the findings, and what I found was that
the President-elect’s statement that he had no contact or communication
with Governor Blagojevich or members of his staff is accurate, and only
one member of the transition staff had any such contacts, and that was
Rahm Emanuel, who had a couple of conversations with the Governor and
about four conversations with the Governor’s chief of staff.”



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