Well, Gov. “Hot Rod” Blogojevich allegedly had dealings with a person referred to as “Candidate #5,” a person willing to “pay to play” and offering “something tangible up front.”
Who is it? Jesse Jackson, Jr:
Jackson’s office put out a brief statement, quoting him as follows: “Since the federal investigation of the governor is ongoing, it would be inappropriate for me to comment beyond my initial statement. However, I reject and denounce pay-to-play politics and have no involvement whatsoever in any wrongdoing. I won’t hesitate to cooperate fully and completely with the federal government’s investigation.”
According to the criminal complaint, on Oct. 31 Blagojevich was overheard saying of Candidate 5, “We were approached ‘pay to play,’ that, you know, he’d raise me 500 grand. An emissary came. Then the other guy would raise a million, if I made him a senator.”
Yet another person in the mix of what FBI special agent Robert Grant called “the most corrupt state in the United States” and U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald called “an appalling statement about what’s been happening in Illinois government” who didn’t have anything to do with it.
Hard to believe.
