December 11 at 3:42AM
Jason Jones Reveals Rod Blagojevich's Fake Phone Call
Three years ago, Jason Jones met Governor Blagojevich for a report on the morning-after pill and got this seemingly unimportant footage.
In light of the scandal, what do you make of his strange one-sided conversation? Who was he pretending to talk to?
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Nadhmi Auchi, Aiham Alsammarae, someone connected with the plan to train Iraqi's at the Savanna Army Depot… there where plenty of Iraqi's with dollars in hand that could have been on his mind.
It sounded like "the Iraqi guy" to me too. By the way, very flattering still photo of Jason Jones in this piece.
Where can I watch Jason Jones's original piece?
You guys really are the best **** news team!!
Blagojevich wasn't saying, "The, uh, Rocky guy" – he was saying "The Iraqi guy."
As in this Iraqi guy: "Auchi was listed on the last Forbes magazine list as the 279th richest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of $3.1 billion. He owns a portion of a 62-acre tract just south of downtown Chicago in which Rezko also is a shareholder.
Auchi, who visited Chicago in 2004 and posed for a photograph with Blagojevich, was barred from entering the country in 2005, federal prosecutors say."
And, "Gov. Rod Blagojevich's chief fundraiser has arranged to get a loan from the same Iraqi billionaire whose $3.5 million payment got another member of the governor's inner circle thrown in jail."
The February 7, 2008 article is here:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/blagojevich/783095,chriskelly020708.article
Get ready to have the Feds subpoena your B-roll.