Sen. Roland Burris (D-IL) who was appointed by former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to fill Barack Obama’s seat is resisting an increasing number of calls for his resignation amid allegations that he had more to do with Blagojevich than he originally disclosed.

From the Politico

Pushing back against a growing inquiry over his Senate appointment, Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) says he has no intention of resigning and has “nothing to hide.” 

Burris’ comments, made during a feisty Chicago speech on Wednesday, are part of a new PR offensive the senator has launched to counter allegations that he was more involved with ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich than he previously admitted. Even as calls mount for his resignation, Burris is planning to release detailed information about his conversations with Blagojevich, his discussions about raising money for the impeached governor and inconsistencies in recent testimony about the scandal-tainted Senate seat. Burris is planning to release timelines to the media, Illinois investigators and the Senate Ethics Committee, which has launched a preliminary inquiry into whether Burris committed perjury. 

On Wednesday afternoon, Burris spoke to the City Club of Chicago, saying he’d “done nothing wrong, and I have nothing to hide.”

“If I’ve done the things I’ve been accused of, I would be too embarrassed to stand up here because you are all my friends,” Burris said.

Observers thought that Burris would be different than the typical corrupt Democratic Chicago politicians but it looks like they were wrong.  Even the Washington Post one of the most liberal papers in the country has called on Burris to resign.

 

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