SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Sen. Roland Burris says it wasn’t his duty to tell a legislative committee about his conversation with the former governor’s brother if lawmakers failed to ask the right questions.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Sen. Roland Burris says it wasn’t his duty to tell a legislative committee about his conversation with the former governor’s brother if lawmakers failed to ask the right questions. Burris said Thursday he responded to all the questions he was asked. He says lawmakers changed the subject before he could give a complete answer and did not ask follow-ups. The Chicago Democrat testified in January to a special Illinois House committee about how he was appointed to the U.S. Senate by then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Burris did not reveal that he had talked to the governor’s brother about the appointment and whether he would help raise campaign money for Blagojevich. Details of that conversation came out Wednesday with the release of a recording of the phone call. ______ AP Photo/Seth Perlman
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