BlagoRahma update

D, listed: The Complaint against Blago avers that an "Individual D" helped raised money for Jesse Jackson Jr.'s Senate bid. And by "bid," I mean "bribe." D has now been identified as "Raghuveer P. Nayak, an Oak Brook businessman and political fundraiser." He is seeking immunity in return for cooperation.

The 54-year-old millionaire, who made his fortune in medical businesses, was until recently little-known outside Chicago's close-knit Indian community and the state's political fundraising circles.

Jackson's lawyer has told inquirers that Nayak is "trying to save his own skin."

It began in 2003: That's when investigators first sent in someone wearing a wire to catch Blago in the act.

Pamela Meyer Davis, CEO of Edward Hospital, had been trying to win approval from a state health planning board for an expansion of the facility, located in a Chicago suburb. She realized that the only way to prevail was to retain a politically connected construction company and a specific investment house. Instead of succumbing to those demands, she went to the FBI and U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald in late 2003 and agreed to secretly record conversations about the project.

Her tapes led investigators down a twisted path of corruption that over five years has ensnared a collection of behind-the-scenes figures in Illinois government, including Joseph Cari Jr., a former Democratic national committeeman, and disgraced businessman Antoin "Tony" Rezko.

There's a limit...to how much info the Obama camp will release as part of its internal review:

Despite planning to release his team's report, Obama has not pledged to release other records, including his staffers' E-mails and notes, that could illuminate further what kind of contacts took place between the two offices. When an Obama spokesperson was asked if the team would release those records voluntarily, she said, "Let's wait and see what we put out after our internal review."

Power play: Hot Air makes an interesting claim:

We now have better context for Blagojevich’s disdain for “appreciation”. The “f*** that!” response comes not from a refusal to play Let’s Make a Deal, but the lack of quid pro quo from Emanuel for giving him some political assistance. According to sources, Emanuel pushed Valerie Jarrett for the Senate seat not because Obama wanted it but because Emanuel wanted Jarrett out of the White House, where he was afraid she would compete with him for power.