According to ABC News, former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has hinted that Barack Obama is under federal investigation.
It is not unusual for the Feds to have a secret dossier on the sitting president of the United States — just ask former president Bill Clinton, who was impeached in 1998.
Blagojevich sat down with ABC News Chief Investigative Correspondent Brian Ross today (Aug. 20) to discuss his possible return to politics. A jury this week found him guilty of only one count out of 24: lying to federal agents.
Blagojevich said that after he was arrested for corruption in 2008, federal agents visited with him in his Chicago jail cell.
He said they pressed him for information on certain higher ups in government. Blago — as he is fondly referred to by the media — noted that, at the time, there was no one higher up in government than himself — except for the President of the United States.
“When they had me in custody they were very clear about they wanted me to cooperate and talk about people in higher places, and with all due respect to Mayor Daley, there’s no one higher than Governor,” he said.
“You’re talking about then president-elect Obama?” Ross asked.
“I’m not saying that right now.” Asked who else he could mean, Blagojevich shifted uncomfortably in his seat.
“Is it your impression they were thinking about Obama?” Ross pressed.
“I have my own personal opinion but from where I’m sitting right now it’s probably better for me not to talk about it.” He then grinned, “If I’m guilty of anything it’s that I talk too much.”
For decades a clandestine arm of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has operated in secret, collecting documents and cataloguing evidence to bring down members of Congress who got too happy with federal funds.
Reps. Charles Rangel and Maxine Waters have both been indicted on dozens of federal charges by the House Ethics Committee. Though both Rangel and Waters vigorously deny the charges, their political futures look bleak.
