Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Blagojevich Scandal Claims Another Victim

The dominos begin to fall.
A spokeswoman for Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says one of his top aides has resigned.

Spokeswoman Kelley Quinn on Wednesday said Deputy Gov. Bob Greenlee resigned. The reason for his resignation wasn't immediately clear.
Wasn't immediately clear?

Perhaps this little legal matter of the Governor had something to do with it. Just a hunch.
Greenlee's resignation comes a day after Blagojevich was arrested on federal corruption charges.

Greenlee was promoted to be a top aide to Blagojevich in June, replacing former Deputy Governor Sheila Nix. Greenlee had been a top administration aide previously.

State records indicate the 33-year-old Greenlee lives in Chicago and earned $149,000 a year.
WLS radio in Chicago has reported that Greenlee is referring all questions to his attorney.

In other news, the 76-page Federal Complaint against Governor Blagojevich mentions one of the several Deputy Governors was very active in the effort to shake down the Chicago Tribune.

Draw your own conclusions.

Update: Thanks to Instapundit for the link. Meanwhile, see here for further developments on the Obama-Blagojevich meetings that allegedly never took place, although now that are four separate reports those meetings indeed did take place.

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