John Harris

Blagojevich's Former Chief Of Staff Gets 10-Day Prison Sentence

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 05.28.2012

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CHICAGO — Although Rod Blagojevich is in Colorado serving a 14-year prison sentence, his presence was felt more than 900 miles away Wednesday as...

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Celebrating Leonard Cohen With AC Newman (Video Exclusive), Plus Grammytech 3 With Co-Broadcast Mixer John Harris

Mike Ragogna | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Foo Fighters, Eric Schilling, Leonard Cohen, John Harris, Paul McCartney, Bob Clearmountain, Geoff Emerick, AC Newman, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News

To celebrate Leonard Cohen's legendary 40+ years in music and his upcoming new album Old Ideas, a handful of today's artists have recorded a cover of their favorite Leonard Cohen song for Old Ideas With New Friends.

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How Obama-Boehner Rift Ensnared NBC and Politico

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Calderone | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: The Backstory, Video, Politico, John Harris, GOP Debate, Economy, President Obama, Joint Session of Congress, Elections 2012, Jobs, Media News, Brian Williams, Nbc, Media News

NEW YORK -- NBC and Politico will co-host a Republican presidential debate on Sept. 7, shortly after President Obama addresses a joint session of Cong...

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Blagojevich Defense To Government's Star Witness

AP | MICHAEL TARM and DON BABWIN | Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Blagojevich Defense, Obama Senate Seat, Blagojevich Retrial, Rod Blagojevich, Judge James Zagel, John Harris, Chicago News

CHICAGO — Jurors in Rod Blagojevich's retrial heard a union leader testify Monday that the former governor said he wanted a cabinet post during ...

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Blagojevich's Former Chief Of Staff Expected To Testify About Obama's Senate Seat

AP | KAREN HAWKINS and MICHAEL TARM | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Obama Senate Seat, Blagojevich Senate Seat, Rod Blagojevich, Blagojevich Retrial, Rod Blagojevich Retrial, Blagojevich Trial, John Harris, Chicago News

CHICAGO — Two years into his second term, then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich was eager to ditch Illinois for a high-paying, high-powered job elsewhere, a...

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Former Blagojevich Aide To Testify Early In Trial

AP | MICHAEL TARM and KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 07.03.2011

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CHICAGO — Prosecutors in the corruption retrial of Rod Blagojevich focused quickly Tuesday on the most serious and sensational allegation &ndash...

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Blagojevich Heard On Tape Considering Oprah For Obama's Senate Seat

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — A secretly made FBI tape shows that former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich weighed the possibility of naming Oprah Winfrey to the U.S. S...

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John Harris: Rod Blagojevich Wondered What He Could Get For Obama's Senate Seat

AP | MICHAEL TARM and DON BABWIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — At times agitated, excited or profane, Rod Blagojevich sorted through ways he could benefit personally from the U.S. Senate seat vacat...

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Crazy or Reasonable Belief? The Latest From the Blagojevich Trial

Tamara N. Holder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Trial, Governor Rod Blagojevich, Valerie Jarrett, Ambassador, Louis Susman, John Harris, India, Sam Adam, Senate, Illinois, Chicago News

Thus far in the trial, we have not heard one Obama advisor tell Blagojevich, "No, you cannot seek something in exchange from Obama. That is illegal and you will go to prison." Not once.

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Blago Tapes Played In Court: Ex Gov Irked By 'Thankful' Message From Obama Aide

Huffington Post | Janan Hanna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sam Zell, Illinois Senate Seat, Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama, Chicago Tribune, Rod Blagojevich, Blagojevich Trial, Jesse Jackson Jr, Blagojevich Wiretaps, Michael Sneed, John Harris, Chicago News

Sounding at times desperate and dispirited, and at other times enthusiastic and grandiose, Rod Blagojevich was captured on tape strategizing about how...

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Blagojevich Trial: On Tape, Blago Says He Wants 'A Good Gig' For Seat

AP | MICHAEL TARM and MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blagojevich Corruption, Illinois, Blagojevich Senate Appointment, Rod Blagojevich, Blagojevich Trial, John Harris, Chicago, Chicago News

CHICAGO — Days after the November 2008 election, Rod Blagojevich sent word to Barack Obama that he would name one of the president-elect's close...

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Blagojevich Trial: Bradley Tusk Explains Blago's Attempt To Shakedown Rahm Emanuel

Huffington Post | Janan Hanna | Posted 05.25.2011

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A prosecution witness painted a portrait of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich as someone who rarely went to the office, was oftentimes hard to reach and who...

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Stenography 101: How the Press Let Palin and Cheney Rig the System

Eric Boehlert | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politico, Fox News, John Harris, Media Criticism, Sarah Palin, Mike Allen, Dick Cheney, Media News

Journalists have set aside what had been decades' worth of guidelines and embraced special new rules for how Cheney and Palin get treated. In a word, it's stenography.

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Politico's Cheney Coverage: Editor Defends Its Stenography

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politico, Media Criticism, Dick Cheney, John Harris, Eat the Press, Media News

If it were possible to, say, hog-tie John Harris with Wonder Woman's truth-compelling Golden Lasso, here's what he'd say about the Politico and Dick Cheney: they are in a co-dependent, enabling relationship.

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Blagojevich's Former Chief Of Staff, John Harris, Pleads Guilty, Now Cooperating With Prosecutors

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — A former chief of staff to Rod Blagojevich pleaded guilty Wednesday to taking part in a scheme to use President Barack Obama's Senate ...

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Palin's Resignation Means Opportunity For Others

AP | MARY PEMBERTON | Posted 05.25.2011

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JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's early departure from office is creating political opportunity for others who want to be the state's n...

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Politico.com Profitable this Year -- Has Most White House Coverage, Says John Harris (Video)

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Harris spoke about the early success of the organization's new syndication model and its video business.

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Blagojevich Trial: Co-Defendants John Harris, Christopher Kelly And William Cellini Plead Not-Guilty

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rod Blagojevich, Blagojevich Trial, Blagojevich Arraignment, John Harris, William Cellini, Christopher Kelly, Blagojevich Co Defendants, Chicago News

CHICAGO — Ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich's most recent chief of staff, former chief fundraiser and another Illinois political insider pleaded not g...

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Blagojevich Indicted For Corruption Along With Brother And Top Aides (READ THE CHARGES, BLAGO REACTION VIDEO)

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and five others were indicted Thursday on charges of scheming to auction off President Barack Obama's vacant U.S....

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Blagojevich Aide, Cubs Consultant Discussed 'Opportunities'

Associated Press | JOHN O'CONNOR | Posted 05.25.2011

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A sports consultant helping Tribune Co. with a potential Wrigley Field sale wrote an e-mail to Gov. Rod Blagojevich's top aide that said the results o...

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Burris Had More Contacts With Blago Aide Than He Reported In Sworn Documents: Sun-Times

Chicago Sun-Times | NATASHA KORECKI AND DAVE MCKINNEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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U.S. Sen. Roland Burris had more contacts with then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich's chief of staff before being appointed to his Senate seat than he disclosed ...

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The Sporadically Honorable Gentleman From Illinois (or, "Mr. Burris Goes Out to Lunch")

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

"...and here you are, sir: hamburger, medium-rare, and fries. You're sure you don't want anything to drink?"

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Blagojevich Probe Looking At O'Hare, City Contracts

Chicago Sun-Times | CAROL MARIN, TIM NOVAK AND CHRIS FUSCO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blagojevich Probe O'hare Construction, John Harris, Rod Blagojevich, Blagojevich Probe, O'Hare Expansion, Christopher Kelly, Blagojevich Investigation, Chicago News

Federal authorities are investigating five construction companies that collectively have gotten hundreds of millions of dollars in construction work a...

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Right On Cue, The White House Press Corps Awakens From Its Bush Slumber

Eric Boehlert | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tnr, Obama Press Coverage, Jay Rosen, John Harris, Washington Times, Jon Banner, Politico, Ed Henry, White House Press Coprs, Jonathan Chait, Dan Froomkin, Barack Obama Media Coverage, Barack Obama, Media News

Beltway reporters have tossed aside the blanket of calm that had descended on them during the previous administration, a blanket of calm that defined their Bush coverage.

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Former Top Blagojevich Aide John Harris Giving Information To Feds: Sun-Times

Chicago Sun-Times | Natasha Korecki | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Harris, Rod Blagojevich, Blagojevich Scandal, John Harris Blagojevich, John Harris Cooperating, Blagojevich Prosecution, Blagojevich Investigation, Chicago News

John Harris -- the highest-ranking employee under Gov. Blagojevich to be hit with federal corruption charges -- has been providing information to fede...

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