Obama internal investigation will exonerate team,
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Obama internal investigation will exonerate team, sources said
Posted: 11:53 PM ET
From Ed Henry
CNN Senior White House Correspondent
HONOLULU, Hawaii (CNN) — Two Democratic officials are predicting that the long-awaited report about aides to President-elect Barack Obama alleged contact with the office of embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich will largely exonerate Obama’s transition team.
“You’re going to see this is a lot about nothing,” one Democratic official said about the controversy.
The report is significant because of lingering questions about what role — if any — top Obama aides like Rahm Emanuel played in the so-called pay-to-play scandal now engulfing the governor of Obama’s home state