Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama's chief of staff, reportedly had one conversation with Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.


A new national poll indicates Americans are split on whether aides to President-elect Barack Obama did something inappropriate in their contacts with embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Twelve percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Monday say Obama aides did something illegal, with another 36 percent feeling Obama aides didn't act illegally but did do something unethical. Forty-three percent say no Obama aides did anything seriously wrong.

Blagojevich was arrested December 9 on federal corruption charges. Among the allegations is that the Illinois governor tried to sell or trade Obama's former Senate seat.

Obama stepped down as the junior senator from Illinois last month after winning the presidential election. It is the sole authority of the Illinois governor to name a successor to serve the remaining two years of Obama's term.

Two transition aides said that the Obama team will release a report Tuesday detailing contact between the president-elect's staff and Blagojevich and his advisers.

The results of the internal investigation reportedly will list one conversation between Obama's incoming chief of staff, Rep. Rahm Emanuel of Illinois, and Blagojevich. read more