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Originally Posted by geeker2
Agreed! I expect Rolling Stone to be all over this shortly  |
Here's a start, "Emanuel, now Obama's chief of staff, wanted Blagojevich to know the list of Senate candidates "acceptable" to Obama, according to testimony Thursday in Blagojevich's corruption trial."
"Emanuel's talk with Harris with a new, diverse list of candidates came two days after Emanuel called Blagojevich friend and lobbyist John Wyma with a different message, according to Harris' testimony."
"Wyma had contact with Emanuel and then made the call on his behalf on Nov. 10 -- several weeks after he began cooperating with federal authorities and had been asked to wear a wire, which Wyma refused.
"The president-elect would be very pleased if you appointed Valerie and he would be, uh, thankful and appreciative" for an appointment, Harris said Wyma told him in a phone call.
That put the brakes on Blagojevich's hopes that he could win a Cabinet position or another high-ranking, high-paying appointment in exchange for Jarrett's appointment. Blagojevich had told Balanoff the week before that he wanted Obama to give him a Cabinet position, Harris said."
So is Harris committing perjury or did Obama lie once again to all of us?
BTW lying to the people is not a crime. Lying to an FBI agent is.