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  Burris Meets With Federal Agents
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Last EditedCraverguy  Feb 22, 2009 10:14pm
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News DateSunday, February 22, 2009 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionFederal authorities interviewed Senator Roland W. Burris of Illinois on Saturday as they continued their corruption investigation of former Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich, according to reports in the Chicago news media.

Mr. Burris, who left his home for several hours Saturday, declined to talk to reporters outside. Last week, he said federal authorities wanted to talk to him about their investigation of Mr. Blagojevich. Mr. Burris said his attorneys had been trying to set up the meeting for some time.

The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun-Times and the television station WMAQ, citing people they did not name, reported that the meeting occurred at the Chicago offices of Mr. Burris’s lawyer. Messages left Saturday for the lawyer, Timothy Wright III, were not immediately returned.

A spokesman for Mr. Burris, Jim O’Connor, declined to comment, as did a spokesman for the United States attorney’s office, Randall Samborn.

The reports said the meeting had been delayed for weeks and was not related to investigations into Mr. Burris’s testimony before state lawmakers last month about his contacts with people close to Mr. Blagojevich. The Tribune reported that Mr. Burris was not a target of the inquiry he was interviewed about.
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