Illinois Governor:I'm still not a target of the feds

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

Gov. Blagojevich has said -- repeatedly -- he doesn't view himself as a target in the ongoing federal corruption probe that has tarnished his tenure and left him with historically low voter-approval ratings.

So why is he arguing for the same rights as a criminal defendant in a court bid to block the release of most of the federal subpoenas his administration has received?


In an argument to the Illinois Appellate Court, Blagojevich's legal team cites a 27-year-old federal court ruling that says "potential" criminal defendants don't have to turn over grand jury subpoenas in civil litigation. That's one of the arguments the governor is making in an effort to overturn a Downstate judge's ruling that the Better Government Association, a Chicago watchdog group, is entitled to the subpoenas under Illinois' open-records law.