Senator Roland Burris (D-IL) "At Least I Am Legal..." is back in Washington

BlackTree TV Producer Jamaal Finkley catches up with Illinois Jr. Senator Roland Burris, who is replacing President Elect Barack Obama as the Jr. Senator of Illinois. This did not come without some controversy, embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich appointed Burris to the seat after being accused of trying to sale the Senate Seat to the highest bidder.....

Burris says statements were consistent

Story Highlights
Illinois senator says he has not been deceptive about contacts with former governor
Roland Burris confirmed Sunday that Gov. Blagojevich's brother solicited him
The senator did not mention the solicitation to state lawmakers last month
Burris says he told lawmakers then that his report may have been incomplete
CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- Illinois Sen. Roland Burris reiterated Monday that his sworn testimony regarding his contacts with then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich was not inconsistent with what he later said in an affidavit.

The Democratic senator's comments come a day after Illinois Republican leaders called for a perjury investigation into whether Burris deceived the public last month when he failed to tell state lawmakers that Blagojevich's brother solicited him for campaign cash at the same time that the governor himself was considering whether to appoint him to fill the Senate seat vacated by President Obama.

"We said in our testimony before the impeachment committee, my lawyer stated, that we will have to file additional information in our report because there were some questions asked where we had to get sufficient information for the committee," Burris said outside Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church on Chicago's South Side before a five-day statewide "listening tour" of his new constituents.

"We also stated that we might be incomplete in our report," he said.

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[sgangelina]

whats sad is that you and other politically correct americunts can't see past his skin color like the rest of the world. If you did you would see he is just another imperialist zionazi tool of the neocons and the military industrial complex. maybe when he starts bombing pakistan and sends your nation further into economic disrepair you and other americunts will wake up from your brainwashed delusional mindset.

[brandonskate1]

go obama

[hsdscsds]

Never blaspheme my friend Roland Burris.

[Ucster]

Idiot

[mrpopenfresh]

Burris looks like a complete tool, way too proud of his meager accomplishments.

[ThePolishLover868]

Roland Burris should be sharing a jail cell with Rod Blagojevich and Todd Stroger. He is nothing but a fucking liar and the only reason he even got offered the senate seat was because he is black. Blagojevich even said he was going to give it only to a black person.

[DaPoncher]

Sorry, I meant to go on a video to read comments of people who could discuss the pending issues. this appears to be a discussion of who can be the most ignorant & obnoxious.

[likkasto]

I think your right Lika. Were all a bunch of snakes in the grass looking for an opportunity even if we think it doesn't violate others when it might.

[likahoe]

Were all FUCKING Corrupt even you XxxxExclusivexxxX. If there were no corruption then there would be no Capitalism.

[XxxxExclusivexxxX]

roland burris is a fucking idiot.he is also corrupt.

[Soulblackman]

who's that?