Anyone following the Blago trial?
http://cbs2chicago.com/breakingnewsa...2.1765302.html
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"I'd like to get the ******* out of here," Blagojevich said on one of the tapes, recorded the morning after Obama won the 2008 presidential election. "The objective is to get a good gig over there," meaning D.C.
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Harris said that he and Blagojevich rehearsed how they would broach the subject of a deal to appoint Jarrett to the seat in exchange for a cabinet appointment or ambassadorship for Blagojevich. He testified that Blagojevich planned to float the names of some other potential candidates for the Senate seat to use as leverage for a deal with Obama.
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Blagojevich could tell the Obama administration that he was considering appointing Lisa Madigan to the seat to get her father to stop blocking his political agenda in Springfield.
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ain't freedom of the press a @#$ch, blago
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Jury Hears Talks Of Effort To Stop Negative Chicago Tribune Editorials
Prosecutors also played a tape in which Blagojevich tells Harris that he needs the Chicago Tribune to stop publishing editorials criticizing him and calling for his removal from office.
In the tape, Blagojevich can be heard saying "our recommendation is fire all those *******in' people. Get 'em the ******* out of there and get us some editorial support."
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