Will Illinois Have Two Governors in Prison at the Same Time?

Illinois issues reports:

Whoa! What indictment? Isn't that jumping the gun a bit? Not really. Rather, it's a simple matter of following the Rezko proffer to its logical conclusion.

In essence, what federal prosecutors are showing the court in the document is the chain of evidence they intend to use to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the criminal offenses they allege actually occurred. The links in the chain include the Cari and Levine conversations with Public Official A in which illegal activities were discussed. Under federal case law, Public Official A is a party to the scheme, equally culpable as the other participants. Thus, prosecutors appear duty bound to indict Public Official A, who they allege in the filing was a knowing participant in the illegal activities for which they intend to convict Rezko.

Of course, Blagojevich may very well be innocent, and the conversations the feds say Cari and Levine had with him may never have occurred. Certainly, Levine's recollections may have been influenced by his plea bargain's prospect of trading life behind bars for 67 months.

But that's for the jury or the judge to decide when Blagojevich goes to trial. His indictment, though, seems a certainty, based on what prosecutors say they will prove in the Rezko trial.

Rod Blagojevich "Public Official A".