Email claims former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich tried to sell Barack Obama's congressional seat

The passage offers a vague, unsubstantiated allegation linking a former governor to a potential corruption scheme involving a future president. It lacks concrete details such as dates, transactions, o Allegation that Rod Blagojevich attempted to sell Barack Obama's congressional seat Reference to a press question about Obama meeting Blagojevich Email chain includes multiple recipients, suggesting

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November 11, 2025

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House Oversight

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House Oversight #031091

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Barack Obama

“...Obama's seat in congress. Obama was asked, by the press, if he had ever met Gov. Ron Blagojevich. Barack Obama: "I only saw Rod Blagojevich one time ... and that was in the stands and from HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_0310...”

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Get it Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry From: "Armando Fernandez,D.D.S." <i TTT Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:53:54 -0400 ; Foley, Daniel i ; ; JJuncal John Notc< is >; John Noto; Joy Toboroff< i; ee; Subject: Fwd: [Perl-Cousins] Fw: Nobody knows nobody in Chicago From: Date: Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 10:07 PM Subject: Fwd: [Perl-Cousins] Fw: Nobody knows nobody in Chicago 1 oF w--------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Leonard Lebovitchiii i i> To: willie friedman (a, ercec&ciscle dimant i, jerry hirsh DE bawey morgan cdy-imi weiss i peter i OBERT SAWYER Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:49:10 -0400 Subject: [Perl-Cousins] Fw: Nobody knows nobody in Chicago From: To: Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 3:28 PM Subject: Nobody knows nobody in Chicago Rod Blagojevich is the former Illinois Governor who tried to sell Obama's seat in congress. Obama was asked, by the press, if he had ever met Gov. Ron Blagojevich. Barack Obama: "I only saw Rod Blagojevich one time ... and that was in the stands and from

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