1.0 link 153190 <![CDATA[Obama Blagojevich Report: Team Claims Exoneration]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/23/obama-team-claims-absolut_n_153190.html Barack Obama's chief counsel declared on Tuesday afternoon that only one member of the President-elect's staff -- incoming chief of staff Rahm Emanuel -- had any communications with embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his staff since Obama's election.

Emanuel's interactions, moreover, were not in any way improper, Obama's aides stressed, and the transition team was fully compliant both with the law and the U.S. Attorney's investigation into Blagojevich's alleged pay-for-play scheme.

"No one in the Obama circle was aware of what was...

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