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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: Ralph Wiggum on December 11, 2008, 03:09:20 PM
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Tribune Co. disclosed today that federal authorities have subpoenaed documents from the company as part of their expanding investigation into charges that Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff schemed to get members of the newspaper's editorial board fired.
"As we've said before, we will fully cooperate with the government in its investigation into Gov. Blagojevich and his administration," said Gary Weitman, Tribune Co. spokesman. "As this is an ongoing criminal investigation, we will have to decline further comment."
Federal authorities have alleged that Blagojevich -- angry over editorials suggesting he be impeached -- threatened to withhold state money for Wrigley Field renovations unless members of the newspaper's editorial board were fired.
A series of secretly recorded telephone calls showed Blagojevich allegedly plotting in recent weeks to pressure the Tribune Co., which owns both the ballpark and the newspaper.
Sam Zell, chairman of Tribune Co., acknowledged in an interview Wednesday on CNBC that the FBI had contacted him. Zell has declined requests from the Chicago Tribune for an interview.
LINK (http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2008/12/tribune-subpoenaed-in-blagojevich-probe.html)
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This keeps getting more interesting.
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This gets wider and wider. Polish up your CV Ralphie, it'll be you and Alan Keyes duking it out for that senate seat once the investigations over. :-)
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To me, this interfering with the sale of the Cubs is just further proof that Obama is tied up in this. He Is a WHITESOX fan, and they all hate the Cubs. :rotf: