UPDATES below!!! (Everything's an exclamation point these days. !!!!)***In the Washington Post:
For years, Indian-born businessman Raghuveer Nayak wrote generous checks to state and federal politicians, became a top fundraiser for Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) and watched his influence grow in his adopted home of Illinois.
Now, as the governor faces the start of his impeachment trial tomorrow, Nayak is emerging as a critical figure in the investigation, a confidant who allegedly heard the governor and his closest aides discuss the price they hoped to extract for an appointment to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama. The governor was arrested last month and accused by federal prosecutors of trying to sell the seat to the highest bidder.
Nayak's apparently talking to Fitzgerald.
UPDATE: I don't like Blago either, he's been acting the buffoon, and the state is paralyzed and virtually bankrupt, but there are serious questions about this impeachment process. Legal Insurrection: The Unjust and Unconstitutional Trial of Rod Blagojevich
UPDATE: Sen. Dick Durbin wants Blago back in Springfield, not on national TV:
“That’s the governor’s choice as to what he does with his time, but Barbara Walters is not on his jury,” Durbin said. “Fifty-nine Illinois state senators are, and I think he would be better advised to be in the Illinois state senate tomorrow at noon to defend himself.”Too late Durbin the Dufus. Blago is a Dem creature and you are stuck with him. What's for lunch in Springfield? Must not be tasty enough for Blago. Hard to keep him down on the farm team now that he's seen Paris...More:
The governor told NBC that the state Senate trial will be so unfair, he could bring in "15 angels and 20 saints led by Mother Theresa" to testify on his behalf and "it wouldn't matter."Can you compete with that Durbin the Damned? I think not.
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