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Obama’s Cover-Up? It’s Time for the DOJ to Release His FBI Interview in the Blagojevich Case ([link removed])
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Former Congressman and two-term Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (D), former President Barack Obama (D), and Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL). (Associated Press)
By Mark Vargas, Editor-in-Chief^†
For nearly eighteen years, one of the most significant documents from one of Illinois’ most consequential political corruption cases has remained hidden from the American people: the FBI FD-302 summarizing former President Barack Obama’s December 2008 interview in the Rod Blagojevich investigation.

On December 9, 2008, more than two dozen FBI SWAT team members and a hostage negotiator arrived at the home of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and arrested him on allegations that he was attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.

The first trial ended without a conviction on the Senate-seat allegation, leading to a second trial.

Blagojevich and his supporters – including this author – have long argued that prosecutors withheld exculpatory evidence, selectively presented recorded conversations, and built a misleading narrative that distorted what actually occurred.

The controversy surrounding the case did not end with the verdict. In 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals overturned several of Blagojevich’s convictions, including the cenerpiece of their case – the so-called “sale of the Senate seat,” while leaving convictions related to political fundraising requests intact to preserve his 14-year prison sentence.

On February 18, 2020, President Donald Trump commuted Blagojevich’s sentence after he had served eight years in prison. On February 10, 2025, President Trump granted him a full presidential pardon.

Even today, the case continues to generate debate.
^†Publisher and General Counsel Scott Kaspar joins in this opinion piece.
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