links for 2008-12-22

Senate-for-sale case threatens new chief of staff – Rahm Emanuel

Emanuel did contact the governor's office about the appointment and left Blagojevich with the impression that he was pushing Valerie Jarrett, a close Obama friend, so he wouldn't have to compete with her in the White House for Obama's attention, said a person close to Blagojevich. The person was not authorized to talk about the governor's discussions regarding the vacancy and requested anonymity.

It was not clear whether Blagojevich inferred Emanuel's motive for advocating Jarrett, or whether Emanuel discussed the appointment with Blagojevich directly or with John Harris, the governor's then-chief of staff who also is charged in the case, according to the source.

(tags: barack_obama Rahm_Emanuel)

One Comment

Ling

December 22, 2008 at 6:17 am

And apparently Fitzgerald’s records won’t be unsealed anytime soon, and the Obama transition team is stonewalling over emails and internal communications related to this matter. Politico article says that Transition organizations are not subject to disclosure laws, and the Obama guys refused to show the records voluntarily.

So much for transparency and full disclosure. Now should be interesting to find out who in the Obama camp knew what and when. Emanuel might not have said anything to Blago, but he could still end up going down in flames becuase of something he sent to someone in the Obama transition team.

Ling

December 22, 2008 at 6:17 am

And apparently Fitzgerald’s records won’t be unsealed anytime soon, and the Obama transition team is stonewalling over emails and internal communications related to this matter. Politico article says that Transition organizations are not subject to disclosure laws, and the Obama guys refused to show the records voluntarily.

So much for transparency and full disclosure. Now should be interesting to find out who in the Obama camp knew what and when. Emanuel might not have said anything to Blago, but he could still end up going down in flames becuase of something he sent to someone in the Obama transition team.