{"id":6119,"date":"2008-12-16T09:10:17","date_gmt":"2008-12-16T09:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/12\/obama-clears-himself-and-staff.html"},"modified":"2008-12-16T09:10:17","modified_gmt":"2008-12-16T09:10:17","slug":"obama-clears-himself-and-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/12\/obama-clears-himself-and-staff.html","title":{"rendered":"“Obama clears himself and staff in Blagojevich case”"},"content":{"rendered":"

That’s the headline of this report in the LA Times<\/a>. Just imagine the reaction to that headline if Obama was a Republican:<\/p>\n

Barack Obama said Monday that an internal investigation had found his staff had no inappropriate conversations with Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich over who would succeed the president-elect in the Senate.
\nBut Obama said the review of his staff’s contacts would not be made public until next week at the request of federal prosecutors, who are investigating whether Blagojevich put Obama’s Senate seat up for sale.
\n“I had no contact with the governor’s office, and I had no contact with anybody in the governor’s office,” Obama said at a news conference called to introduce his energy and environment team. He said the review showed the Blagojevich scandal “had nothing to do with my office.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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