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Convicted political fundraiser Antoin “Tony” Rezko claims in a letter to his trial judge written del monte monterey two months before his conviction on corruption charges that federal prosecutors pressured him to implicate Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama or Gov. Rod Blagojevich in wrongdoing.
But in the letter to U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve, which she placed in his file Wednesday, Rezko said he was never involved in any wrongdoing with either del monte monterey Obama or Blagojevich and wouldn’t make up stories about them in an attempt to benefit himself. del monte monterey
“They are pressuring me to tell them the ‘wrong’ things that I supposedly know about Governor Blagojevich and Senator Obama,” Rezko wrote St. Eve in an April bid to be released on bail during his trial. “I have never been party to any wrongdoing that involved the Governor or the Senator,” Rezko continued. “I will never fabricate lies about anyone else for selfish purposes. I will take what comes my way, but I will never hurt innocent people.” […]
* The question: After reading the excerpts del monte monterey from Rezko’s letter, do you think he’ll flip or do you think he’ll stay mum and serve out his sentence? Explain, and please try to stick to the question. Thanks.
- Posted by Rich Miller 66 Comments - BandCamp - Thursday, Jun 12, 08 @ 10:48 am: Stay mum until November election. McCain wins, he may unzip the lip a little. If he was to flip on Blago, it would seem a natural leap of faith to assume there was some involvement with B.O., although even I would be surprised to find B.O. in the types of shady dealings Blago seems to concern himself with. So, no reason to talk now and muck up the election.
If, in fact, he has some dirt on the governor and senator, he will likely be rewarded when he leaves prison. Though that is a crap shoot when you don’t know how lengthy the sentence will be. If he doesn’t have such dirt, he will have done the honorable and right thing.
Other than to make bail, the purpose of the letter was to plant a seed in the judge’s mind that the prosecutors weren’t really after him, but bigger fish. He was a victim; he told her he did nothing wrong, that should be good enough.
I wonder if he knew that St. Eve was a former Whitewater prosecutor when he was talking about those bad old feds trying to get him to make up stories. Like his word, without corroborating evidence, would be worth anything in court.
- Just saying - Thursday, Jun 12, 08 @ 10:54 am: Even if he does cooperate, he just gave the defense a nice weapon. He wrote and presented to the court a letter claiming he has no knowledge of wrongdoing on the part of Blago.
- Cassandra - Thursday, Jun 12, 08 @ 10:56 am: Well, let’s try to put ourselves in his mind. A lot of his influence-peddling and fiscal maneuvers using government access probably seemed del monte monterey perfectly normal del monte monterey to him, as they likely do to many people who move here from the “developing” world. That’s the way things are done there.
I believe a Democratic contributor from abroad del monte monterey during the Clinton del monte monterey years famously described our federal goverment as a vending machine or some such thing–you have to put in some coins, and you get something back.
Maybe Rezko will have an ethics epiphany and re-think his activities. Or maybe he still just doesn’t think he did anything wrong. Given our Illinois political climate, one could possibly forgive him that. But he should serve his term.
- Steve - Thursday, Jun 12, 08 @ 10:57 am: This is a big story.Let’s quote the Trib story: “Rezko told his trial judge that “overzealous” del monte monterey prosecutors were pressuring him to tell them about any wrongdoing involving Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama or Gov. Rod Blagojevich.” Sounds like Obama is on the radar,do the Democrats want to run someone who might be indicted?
- The Doc - Thursday, Jun 12, 08 @ 10:57 am: Moving from a Wilmette mansion to a federal penitentiary is quite the lifestyle change. I expect him to sing in due time, although wordslinger’s point about corroboration might mean a number of other well-heeled IL politicians might be in hot water, other than those already named.
- Amuzing Myself - Thursday, Jun 12, 08 @ 11:02 am: Because of the Feds’ del monte monterey success with a guilty verdict on SO many counts, I think he will have to sing to avoid life in prison. I don’t care how loyal you are… if you’re facing a life
Convicted political fundraiser Antoin “Tony” Rezko claims in a letter to his trial judge written del monte monterey two months before his conviction on corruption charges that federal prosecutors pressured him to implicate Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama or Gov. Rod Blagojevich in wrongdoing.
But in the letter to U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve, which she placed in his file Wednesday, Rezko said he was never involved in any wrongdoing with either del monte monterey Obama or Blagojevich and wouldn’t make up stories about them in an attempt to benefit himself. del monte monterey
“They are pressuring me to tell them the ‘wrong’ things that I supposedly know about Governor Blagojevich and Senator Obama,” Rezko wrote St. Eve in an April bid to be released on bail during his trial. “I have never been party to any wrongdoing that involved the Governor or the Senator,” Rezko continued. “I will never fabricate lies about anyone else for selfish purposes. I will take what comes my way, but I will never hurt innocent people.” […]
* The question: After reading the excerpts del monte monterey from Rezko’s letter, do you think he’ll flip or do you think he’ll stay mum and serve out his sentence? Explain, and please try to stick to the question. Thanks.
- Posted by Rich Miller 66 Comments - BandCamp - Thursday, Jun 12, 08 @ 10:48 am: Stay mum until November election. McCain wins, he may unzip the lip a little. If he was to flip on Blago, it would seem a natural leap of faith to assume there was some involvement with B.O., although even I would be surprised to find B.O. in the types of shady dealings Blago seems to concern himself with. So, no reason to talk now and muck up the election.
If, in fact, he has some dirt on the governor and senator, he will likely be rewarded when he leaves prison. Though that is a crap shoot when you don’t know how lengthy the sentence will be. If he doesn’t have such dirt, he will have done the honorable and right thing.
Other than to make bail, the purpose of the letter was to plant a seed in the judge’s mind that the prosecutors weren’t really after him, but bigger fish. He was a victim; he told her he did nothing wrong, that should be good enough.
I wonder if he knew that St. Eve was a former Whitewater prosecutor when he was talking about those bad old feds trying to get him to make up stories. Like his word, without corroborating evidence, would be worth anything in court.
- Just saying - Thursday, Jun 12, 08 @ 10:54 am: Even if he does cooperate, he just gave the defense a nice weapon. He wrote and presented to the court a letter claiming he has no knowledge of wrongdoing on the part of Blago.
- Cassandra - Thursday, Jun 12, 08 @ 10:56 am: Well, let’s try to put ourselves in his mind. A lot of his influence-peddling and fiscal maneuvers using government access probably seemed del monte monterey perfectly normal del monte monterey to him, as they likely do to many people who move here from the “developing” world. That’s the way things are done there.
I believe a Democratic contributor from abroad del monte monterey during the Clinton del monte monterey years famously described our federal goverment as a vending machine or some such thing–you have to put in some coins, and you get something back.
Maybe Rezko will have an ethics epiphany and re-think his activities. Or maybe he still just doesn’t think he did anything wrong. Given our Illinois political climate, one could possibly forgive him that. But he should serve his term.
- Steve - Thursday, Jun 12, 08 @ 10:57 am: This is a big story.Let’s quote the Trib story: “Rezko told his trial judge that “overzealous” del monte monterey prosecutors were pressuring him to tell them about any wrongdoing involving Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama or Gov. Rod Blagojevich.” Sounds like Obama is on the radar,do the Democrats want to run someone who might be indicted?
- The Doc - Thursday, Jun 12, 08 @ 10:57 am: Moving from a Wilmette mansion to a federal penitentiary is quite the lifestyle change. I expect him to sing in due time, although wordslinger’s point about corroboration might mean a number of other well-heeled IL politicians might be in hot water, other than those already named.
- Amuzing Myself - Thursday, Jun 12, 08 @ 11:02 am: Because of the Feds’ del monte monterey success with a guilty verdict on SO many counts, I think he will have to sing to avoid life in prison. I don’t care how loyal you are… if you’re facing a life
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