According to a statement from the U.S. attorney’s office, there are two separate criminal cases. One involves public corruption and the other involves racketeering, armed robberies, arson and illegal gambling.

The announcement is set to come at 2 p.m. CDT. No mention if the cases involve federal, state or local officials. The AP is quick to point out that federal officials have been investigating all three.

According to the criminal complaint, on Oct. 31st, Blagojevich was overheard saying of Candidate 5, “We were approached ‘pay to play,’ that, you know, he’d raise me 500 grand. An emissary came. Then the other guy would raise a million, if I made him a senator.”

But federal officials say the recordings did not pick up any conversations with Candidate 5 or the emissary. It’s important to note that this is a third-hand statement: Blagojevich is repeating what he says was the emissary’s description of what Candidate 5 said.

Jackson says he’ll cooperate with the investigation, but hasn’t done anything wrong. These are two separate stories from two different guys, but only one can be right.