Tuesday, January 27, 2009

The Blagojevich Shakedown from Emptywheel


The IL Legislature has posted transcripts and tapes of the four conversations Fitz released to the Impeachment Committee. (Right now, the tape servers are overwhelmed, but the trasncripts give a glimpse of the sweet guys these are. Update: The Trib has working audio.)

They consist of four conversations: one on November 13, two from December 3 surrounding a visit Lon Monk paid to John Johnston at his track, and one from December 4. All conversations pertain to $100,000 that Monk, Blago, and his brother Rob seem to understand Johnston will pay, though they are concerned about the timing of the donation in relation to Blago's signing a bill funneling a chunk of profits from casinos to track owners.



rest http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/01/27/the-blagojevich-shakedown/

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