From Michelle Malkin:

Prosecutors at the trial of Rod Blagojevich released a recording of the former Illinois governor sounding unhappy, to say the least, with Barack Obama, but even more unhappy with his job at the time.

It’s said that the prosecution released the audio to attempt to prove the level of Blagojevich’s financial desperation, but the recording also implies that Blago had been contacted by someone from Team Obama and getting his arm twisted a bit about who to appoint to Obama’s vacated Senate. Blagojevich is nuts though, so it’s hard to tell either way:

In Chicago politics, I don’t believe anybody is innocent until proven so — and usually not even then.

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