Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias has been subpoenaed by Rod Blagojevich's attorneys to appear at the former governor's corruption trial.
In a statement released Sunday, his campaign described why Giannoulias reached out to the Blagojevich camp in late 2008, as former Blagojevich chief of staff John Harris testified last week:
"As has been clear for some time, but especially as the trial has unfolded, Alexi is not really a part of this circus. It was no secret that he thinks highly of Valerie Jarrett, and thought she would make a terrific Senator, so of course he wanted to be helpful. That's why he reached out to Harris to say as much. Tom Balanoff reached out to him to get in touch with Valerie because he didn't know her well or know how to get a hold of her. Alexi put the two of them together in a meeting. He attended this meeting, but was not an active participant. He never spoke to the President or the former governor about anything related to it."
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