Dec 12, 2008 2:50 pm US/Mountain
Sources: Emanuel Not Target Of Illinois Probe
CHICAGO (AP) ―
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In this June 6, 2008, file photo, Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) left, huddles with then-presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill) during an unscheduled stop at the Olympic rally in Chicago.
Charles Rex Arbogast/AP
People who have been briefed on the Illinois governor corruption investigation say Barack Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel is not a target of the probe. Emanuel, a Chicago congressman who would have been a likely contact between the Obama transition office and Gov. Rod Blagojevich, has been a focus of media attention since Obama said Thursday he has asked for an internal review of contacts between his staff and Blagojevich.
Emanuel has been refusing to answer questions about whether he's the "president-elect adviser" referred to in the criminal complaint that accuses Blagojevich of putting Obama's Senate seat up for sale. The complaint does not say that Blagojevich ever spoke to the unidentified Obama adviser about the Senate seat.
The two people who said Emanuel is not a target of the probe spoke on a condition of anonymity because the investigation is still under way. One is a person close to Emanuel, who said he has been told by investigators that he's not a subject of their investigation.
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