The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
Newly unsealed court files in the Tony Rezko corruption case show that federal agents interviewed Gov. Blagojevich "on multiple occasions" and that the governor denied having conversations described in court by two key prosecution witnesses.
That raises the possibility that either the witnesses lied under oath or that the governor lied to federal agents about statements Blagojevich was said to have made, tying state business to support for his campaign.
Late Thursday, Blagojevich's office confirmed meeting with federal investigators but downplayed doing so "several" times.
and this new bombshell:
Other newly unsealed court documents confirmed that prosecutors sought to call witnesses to testify about Rezko's ties to Obama. The Illinois senator was the recipient of "straw" campaign contributions made by others on behalf of Rezko, the Chicago Sun-Times has reported -- money that Obama has since given to charities.
The documents indicate that prosecutors considered offering witnesses to explore why Rezko used others to contribute to Obama and also to Blagojevich, and U.S. District Judge Amy J. St. Eve ruled that they could. But they did not end up offering any such testimony during the trial.
For those who think Obama has put the Rezko story behind him:guess again.
