On Febuary 4, 2009, Roland Burris submitted a sworn affidavit to "supplement his responses" given during his testimony at the impeachment hearing of then-Governor Rod Blagojevich. And in that affidavit, Roland Burris said:
... Governor Blagojevich's brother, Rob Blagojevich, called me three times to seek my assistance in fund-raising for Governor Blagojevich ... In one of the other conversation (I believe the last one), I mentioned the Senate seat in the context of saying that I could not contribute to Governor Blagojevich because it could be viewed as an attempt to curry favor with him regarding his decision to appoint a successor to President Obama.
And from the transcript of a (wiretapped) conversation:
BURRIS: I know I could give him a check.
BLAGOJEVICH: Yeah.
BURRIS: Myself. [...]
BURRIS: Okay, okay, well we, we, I, I will personally do something, okay.
BLAGOJEVICH: Okay. Alright Roland.
BURRIS: And it'll be done before the 15th of December.
BLAGOJEVICH: Okay ... Hey, you're a good friend. I'll pass on your message.
BURRIS: Please do and ...
BLAGOJEVICH: Okay.
BURRIS: ... tell Rod to keep me in mind for that seat, would ya?
Can we call it perjury yet?