Roland Burris will face tough questions today from the Illinois House committee that is considering the impeachment of Rod Blagojevich, according to the Associated Press.
The questioning comes after the path was cleared for Burris to become Barack Obama's replacement in the US Senate.
Illinois lawmakers are keen to ask Burris about any possible contributions he gave to the campaign of the embattled governor. They also plan to inquire about how the Illinois governor's wife received a job with a group affiliated with Burris' business partner and why a lawyer for Blagojevich approached Burris about Obama's Senate seat instead of a staff member.
The impeachment panel is waiting for a federal court to rule if it will be allowed to hear the secretly recorded conversations federal prosecutors made of the governor allegedly scheming to trade government action in exchange for campaign contributions.
