1.0emptywheelhttps://www.emptywheel.netrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="uW8r0MHNdx"><a href="https://www.emptywheel.net/2008/12/10/the-first-jesse-jackson-jr-related-blagojevich-contact-was-before-october-31/">The First Jesse Jackson Jr-Related Blagojevich Contact Was Before October 31</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.emptywheel.net/2008/12/10/the-first-jesse-jackson-jr-related-blagojevich-contact-was-before-october-31/embed/#?secret=uW8r0MHNdx" width="600" height="338" title="“The First Jesse Jackson Jr-Related Blagojevich Contact Was Before October 31” — emptywheel" data-secret="uW8r0MHNdx" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Fitzgerald's chronology of Blagojevich's discussions relating to Jesse Jackson Jr. are not entirely clear. It appears, at first glance, that those discussions all took place in December, in the last week or so. But that's not right. The first Blago reference Fitz records occurred on October 31, four days before the election.https://www.emptywheel.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Web-backup.jpg448448