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Speculation abounds about the pardon spree Donald Trump is planning to execute in the last days of his presidency. But it’s an indication of how norm-busting and corrupt it will be that Attorney General William Barr decided to resign before Christmas to avoid any association with it. After all, this is the same Barr who… Read more.
It speaks volumes about the brazen, pathological and pervasive nature of the ‘corruption crime spree’ alleged against Illinois’s sitting governor, Rod Blagojevich, that U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald felt moved to describe it as ‘staggering’. In fact, in presenting the Justice Department’s 76-page complaint, Fitzgerald claimed that, because a clearly delusional and venal Governor Blagojevich was… Read more.
No doubt you’ve seen Illinois Gov Rod Blagojevich on television in recent days whining about not being allowed to call witnesses (like Pres. Obama’s chief of staff Rahm Emmanuel) for his defense in the impeachment trial that was ongoing in the state legislature. But he knew full well that this was not a criminal trial, during… Read more.
[Author’s note: Yesterday, after a number of people asked about my thoughts on the spectacle surrounding the appointment to fill Obama’s Senate seat, I gathered that many of you probably missed the second commentary I published on the afternoon of December 30. Therefore, especially given that Mr Burris comes to Washington today, I’ve decided to republish it below – followed… Read more.
In a move as socio-pathetic as it was politically strategic, beleaguered IL Gov Rod Blagojevich appointed former State Attorney General Roland Burris, 71, to fill Obama’s Senate seat. This, despite assurances from his lawyer that he would heed admonitions by everyone from President-elect Barack Obama to the entire Democratic leadership in the U.S. Senate that anyone… Read more.
Illinois has a well-earned reputation for political corruption. If it isn’t the most corrupt state in the United States, it’s certainly one hell of a competitor. (Robert Grant, Chicago FBI Special Agent in Charge, commenting at yesterday’s press conference on Blagojevich’s arrest) For example, in 1996 the highest ranking member of its congressional delegation, Dan… Read more.
