That's Christmas week, when few people will be paying attention and when /*Obama*/ plans to be celebrating the holiday in Hawaii.
The brief statement left several issues uncovered. It did not say whether Obama's incoming White House chief of staff, Rep. /*Rahm Emanuel*/, was heard on a wiretap providing the governor's top aide with a list of names that the president-elect favored.
Nor did it say who if anyone on Obama transition's team had made contact with the governor or his aides concerning a replacement for Obama.
In the statement, Pfeiffer said that incoming White House counsel Gregory Craig has kept federal prosecutors informed of the internal review "in order to ensure our full cooperation with the investigation" into allegations against the governor.
Pfeiffer said the review "affirmed the public statements of the president-elect that he had no contact with the governor or his staff, and that the president-elect's staff was not involved in inappropriate discussions with the governor or his staff over the selection of his successor as U.S. Senator.
Obama resigned his Senate seat last month to prepare for taking the oath of office as president. /*Blagojevich*/, who has the power to appoint a replacement, was arrested last week on charges he schemed to sell the seat in exchange for money or political favors for himself or his wife.
