An Illinois state official testified that, while under Governor Rod Blagojevich's administration, was seeking to enlist the help of White House official Karl Rove to remove Patrick Fitzgerald from his post as Northern Illinois United States District Attorney. In court on Tuesday, Steve Loren, who was appointed by Blagojevich to the state board administrating teacher's pensions, stated that he was working to remove Fitzgerald, as early as 2004, with the lobbying help of Bob Kjellander, a Republican with a close relationship to Rove.

This move may of been a response to Patrick Fitzgerald's deep investigation into the Illinois Administration's allegeded involvement with what the U.S. Attorney calls, "a pay-to-play scheme on steroids" headed by Tony Rezko, a Chicago fundraiser who raised money for political figures including Presidential hopeful, Barack Obama, during his State and Federal Senate Races. Assistant U.S. Attorney Carrie Hamilton was reported to describe Governor Blagojevich's alleged overall goal as alleviating legal difficulties by attempting to "take care of the U.S. Attorney".

This morning, Hillary Clinton appeared on Philadelphia's Fox Channel 29 and advised Barack Obama on how to deal with America's problems.

"When the going get's tough you can't run away, you know, it's gonna be tough going to deal with these hard problems. Getting out of Iraq in the right way. Turning the economy around. Getting universal health care. Ending our dependence on foreign oil. The special interests are going to be a lot tougher than 90 minutes of questions from two journalists and we need a President who's gonna be up there fighting everyday for the American people and, you know, not complain about how much pressure there is and how hard the questions are."