U.S. Attorney’s office spokesman Randall Samborn says both Blagojevich and his chief of staff John Harris were arrested Tuesday. Authorities aren’t yet releasing details about those charges. However, a federal law enforcement official tells The Associated Press the governor is accused of corruption charges. The official says the charges stem from the selection process of a successor to Obama.
No details have been released. One thing’s for sure, the Justice Department moves very quickly and efficiently when members of the opposing party are being investigated. Certainly a lot faster than they nab crooked private contractors in Iraq. KBR’s still being allowed to betray our soldiers and defraud our government.
UPDATE: Now I know why justice was swift! Superstar US Attorney Patrick FItzgerald is on the case. I wish we had someone as stellar as him going after the contractors in Iraq. Not Fitzgerald himself, though – Illinois needs him to clean house.