Obama Team Releases Blago Report-Obama, Jarret & Rahm-ALL Talked To Feds - "NO SORT OF CORRUPT DEAL"

[kpete]

Obama Team Releases Blago Report
By Eric Kleefeld - December 23, 2008, 4:45PM

The Obama transition team has now released its much-awaited internal report on staff contacts with Rod Blagojevich and his own office, saying that members of the transition team did not behave improperly.

The report confirms one thing that has been widely reported -- that Rahm Emanuel did speak to Rod Blagojevich's chief of staff John Harris about a list of acceptable candidates for Obama's Senate seat. But beyond that it makes very clear that no sort of corrupt deal was ever discussed:

Mr. Harris did not make any effort to extract a personal benefit for the Governor in any of these conversations. There was no discussion of a cabinet position, of 501c(4), of a private sector position or of any other personal benefit to the Governor in exchange for the Senate appointment.

Although Mr. Emanuel recalls having conversations with the President-Elect, with David Axelrod and with Valerie Jarrett about who might possibly succeed the President-Elect in the Senate, there was no mention of efforts by the Governor or his staff to extract a personal benefit in return for filling the Senate vacancy.

Beyond that, the report says that neither Barack Obama himself, nor Valerie Jarrett or David Axelrod had any conversations with Blago or his staff about the Senate seat.

Late Update: Another key nugget from the report is that Obama has spoken to the feds about this, in addition to Jarrett and Rahm.

more at:
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/12/obama_team_releases_blago_repo.php

[Demeter]

1. Goodbye Oh Rahm Emmanuel

You'll not be there to shill for Israel
Your time in power is at an end
The Zionists will need another friend.



Updated Xmas carol....

[Subdivisions]

2. Anyone monitoring the reaction from the MSM? n/t

[ErinBerin84]

3. haven't watched any of it

There are some threads in GD:P though that suggests the reaction was "So....allegedly, they are hiding nothing. Of course, that means they MUST BE HIDING SOMETHING!"