You’ve got to be kidding me:

“CHICAGO – President-elect Barack Obama said Monday a review by his own lawyer shows he had no direct contact with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich about the appointment of a Senate replacement, and transition aides “did nothing inappropriate.”

Obama said he is prepared to make the review public, but decided to hold off because prosecutors asked for a delay and “I don’t want to interfere with an ongoing investigation.”

Controversy has swirled around the president-elect and his incoming White House chief of staff, Rep. Rahm Emanuel, following Blagojevich’s arrest last week on charges he schemed to trade Obama’s Senate seat for personal gain.”

Excuse me, a lawyer (Obama) needs another lawyer to determine whether he had any direct contact with Blagojevich? We already know of the second part that Rahm Immanuel had a lot of contact on different occasions with Blagojevich’s people about Obama’s replacement. For all his talk of “changing the way Government works” he’s sure doing a good job of keeping the status quo.

But if you think doing an investigation on yourself is “slimey”…

“Spokesman Dan Pfeiffer said that the office won’t release details of its review until the week of Dec. 22.

That’s Christmas week, when few people will be paying attention and when Obama plans to be celebrating the holiday in Hawaii — not in Chicago, which has been the focal point of the federal investigation.”

Dude’s got a set, fortunately Fitzgerald isn’t impressed and will do his own interviews thank you!

“United States Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald confirmed the request for a delay in a statement, saying the extra time will allow his office to “conduct certain interviews.”

In other words, it’s not over yet Barry!