The wife of now-scandal-scarred Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich supported her husband’s schemes and cussed out his political enemies – according to the pictures we’re getting from the feds’ wiretaps.

Although Patti Blagojevich is not charged with any wrongdoing in her husband’s dealings, she makes appearances in the criminal complaint against her husband – and it’s clear she’s aware of her husband’s attempts to sell Barack Obama’s Senate seat. It’s also clear she has a foul mouth.

The New York Times says officials have suggested that she and others involved in the taped phone calls would be looked at as part of the continuing investigation.

Patti Blagojevich has never played a very public role in her husband’s business dealings, but we now know that the governor was seeking various ways to help his wife make more money. The Times says the news and explosive verbiage heard on the wiretapped convos about Wrigley Field comes as a surprise to those who know the 43-year-old mom of two young girls.

“She has kept a very low profile as first lady,” said Paul Green, a political science professor at Roosevelt University. “She literally could walk down Michigan Avenue and if she didn’t have security, nine out of ten people would not know who she was.”

Patti is the daughter of Richard Mell, the longtime Chicago alderman and a leader in Cook County Democratic politics well known in Chicago political circles. It’s thought that he had a hand in Rod Blagojevich’s political ascension.

But Patti is not without her own scandals. She was already being investigated for her own business dealings. Her home-based real-estate company’s clients have included people who were awarded state contracts or made political contributions to the governor.

She was also in the middle of a public battle between her husband and her father that stemmed from Rod Bagojevich shutting down a landfill run by a distant relative of her mother.

We then heard a little bit of what Richard Mell really thinks of his son-in-law.

From AP:

“Mell was incensed, saying his son-in-law was willing to ‘throw anyone under the bus.’ He also told reporters that his daughter had ‘blinders on’ when it came to the governor and that she would "wake up one day" to understand what her husband was really like.

“There were whispers that Mell was not allowed to see the family as much as he liked, something Mell seemed to give credence to with a tearful announcement that he wanted to end his battle with Blagojevich."

“I’ve got a granddaughter who loves to fish, and she hasn’t been up to Lake Geneva for two years like she used to come," he said.

Despite whatever family feuds went on in the past, Patti Blagojevich’s family is now rallying behind her, saying there’s no way their daughter would say some of the nasty things heard on those tapes.

"That is absolutely not my sister," Deborah Mell told the Chicago Sun-Times and NBC5 in an exclusive interview [video below]. "Patti is a mother, a sister and a devoted wife. "She is particularly protective of her family."

They did admit, however, that Patti has been stuck in a "pressure cooker" caused by federal investigations of her husband.

Said Papa Mell: "It’s been very difficult; it’s your daughter … Being estranged from your daughter is not a very pleasant situation." He called his daughter “wonderful,” adding: “Barbara Walters called her a potty mouth. I wonder what Barbara Walters sometimes says in a heated moment.”