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Gov. Richardson Investigated: So much for Barry’s Squeaky Clean Team
Posted by Raven on December 26th, 2008
Uh oh….
It seems that Illinois’ legally-challenged Gov. Rod Blagojevich is not the only close Barack Obama associate and Democratic governor being investigated by the feds for possibly selling government business in return for campaign contributions.
New Mexico’s Gov. Bill Richardson, who is the newly-named Secretary of Commerce in Obama’s about-to-be Cabinet, is also being investigated by a federal grand jury in his home state for possibly steering state bond business from the New Mexico Financial Authority toward David Rubin, a significant campaign contributor, according to an NBC News report, among others.
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Richardson has ignored reporters’ questions on the federal investigation, while a spokesman says he’s confident the relationship was entirely appropriate and the governor expects state employees to cooperate fully with federal investigators. A CDR spokesman also said the transactions were appropriate.An Obama transition official has refused to comment on whether the Democratic president-elect knew of the investigation before he appointed Richardson to his new Cabinet position.
Worth keeping an eye on. If this turns out to be factual, what will Barry do?
WWBD?????
