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U.S. Sen. Roland Burris walks with University of Illinois chancellor Richard H. Herman as the two make their way to a meeting with other school representatives in Champaign, Ill. on Wednesday. Burris said today that a newly released transcript of a covert recording by federal agents is proof that he did not engage in pay-to-play politics at the center of the corruption charges against former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, the man who appointed him

At the University of Illinois

(Tribune photo by Jose M. Osorio / May 27, 2009)

U.S. Sen. Roland Burris walks with University of Illinois chancellor Richard H. Herman as the two make their way to a meeting with other school representatives in Champaign, Ill. on Wednesday. Burris said today that a newly released transcript of a covert recording by federal agents is proof that he did not engage in pay-to-play politics at the center of the corruption charges against former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, the man who appointed him