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CHICAGO, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Illinois' ousted governor researched if he could keep the White House chief of staff's former U.S. House seat warm for him, The Chicago Sun-Times said Monday.
Records obtained by the newspaper showed John Harris, former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's top staffer, last year began researching whether the governor had the authority to appoint someone to temporarily fill Rahm Emanuel's Chicago congressional seat on the day Emanuel was named President Barack Obama's chief of staff.
The newspaper said Web browser histories from Harris' state-owned computer showed he conducted Google searches on the term "temporary appointment to fill vacancies in the House of Representatives."
The Sun-Times said the documents buttress its earlier stories that the impeached former governor was working with Emanuel on a strategy that would enable Emanuel to eventually reclaim his old House seat and run for speaker of the House.
Blagojevich, it turned out, did not have the authority to appoint someone to replace Emanuel, the newspaper reported. It said a spokeswoman for Emanuel declined to comment on whether her boss spoke with Harris or Blagojevich about a temporary appointment.
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