While he was President Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel wouldn't answer questions about why he asked Rod Blagojevich to appoint someone to his outgoing congressional seat.
Now that he's running for mayor, questions still linger about that 2008 conversation, which was recorded.
Read today's story in the Chicago Sun-Times: Blagojevich trial hangs over Rahm campaign
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Reporting with Dave McKinney We're back in this morning and prosecutor Reid Schar brings up a Nov. 2008 conversation with Rod Blagojevich and Rahm Emanuel -- an exchange that the Chicago Sun-Times has detailed in the past. Schar asks Blagojevich... Read More
Natasha Korecki is the Federal Courts Reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times, covering federal news, corruption investigations and trials.
This page contains a single entry by Natasha Korecki published on January 17, 2011 11:01 AM.
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