* 9:33 pm - The House impeachment committee will publish its report to the full chamber at 9 o’clock tomorrow morning. The report will be the “introduced version,” and possibly subject to amendments. It’ll be on this web page.
* 6:04 pm - Roundup. First, the committee has issued another subpoena…
A panel of Illinois lawmakers considering the impeachment of Governor Rod Blagojevich ordered his campaign committee to turn over the names of every donor and the amount of money involved. […]
The subpoena requires Blagojevich’s campaign to disclose details about every contribution received from July 1 to Dec. 31
The governor’s lawyers are fighting the release of the surveillance tape snippets…
In a filing today, Gov. Blagojevich’s lawyers say they object to the release of the recordings to a house impeachment panel. The recordings are part of a federal investigation into the governor. Attorney Ed Genson said he will make his arguments against the release at a later date.
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Attorney Edward Genson informed U.S. District Chief Judge James Holderman of his objection late Wednesday, whether they are redacted in any way or not, and indicated he would outline the objection in writing by Jan 20. […]
A lawyer for Monk, identified in the materials as an unindicted interceptee, said he would “preserve all potential objections,” and would like to see the documents that led to the taping. An attorney for Rob Blagojevich said he would likely be making a motion to suppress the statements, but also needs to see documents including the application for the intercepts to make a determination.
An attorney for Johnston filed a response indicating Johnston does not object to the tapes being released.
* 4:28 pm - I told subscribers about this potential move. But they can’t ask you questions if you don’t show up…
Illinois lawmakers are once again meeting to talk about impeaching Governor Rod Blagojevich, but the embattled governor’s lawyers are not.
Blagojevich’s legal team of Chicago attorneys Ed Genson and Sam Adam Jr. did not give a reason for skipping the start of the fourth week of impeachment proceedings against Blagojevich.
But some lawmakers say they wanted to ask Adam Jr. about his now revealed role as a go-between for the governor and U.S. Senate appointee Roland Burris.
* 3:54 pm - Former IG Z Scott’s report is now posted on the impeachment committee’s page at the General Assembly’s website. You can find it by clicking here.
* 2:45 PM - Listen or watch here. Not sure if CNN is gonna have the feed, but the Tribune has often carried it live. The hearing begins at 3, and as noted below, it should be interesting. I’ll be in attendance for at least a while, so I’m not sure how much I’ll be live-blogging. It’ll be up to you.