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ABC 7 Exclusive: Tony Rezko talks from prison (refuses to discuss BHO)
ABC7Chicago ^
| 5-30-12
| Charles Thomas
Posted on 05/31/2012 4:39:01 PM PDT by STARWISE
Convicted political fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko has granted his first television interview since he went to prison for corruption.
"I was indicted, tried and convicted for a crime I did not commit," he told ABC7's Charles Thomas. "Here I am serving a 10 and a 1/2 year sentence that I believe I do not deserve."
Rezko was the wealthiest and most influential member of former governor Rod Blagojevich's inner circle.
As he sits in the federal penitentiary in downstate Pekin, Ill., four years after his conviction, Rezko still says he did not do it. At least not the 16 fraud, money laundering and bribery counts on which he was found guilty. But the political fundraiser admitted during the conversation that he and then-governor Rod Blagojevich did conspire to make illegal pay-to-play appointments to state boards and commissions.
"Did I do fundraising for board appointments? Yes I did. Did I participate in that? Sure I did. Was he [Blagojevich] aware of it? Yes, he was," he said.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blago; blagojevich; chicagoway; obama; rezko
Chicago Way .. pay to play .. and silence about any big fish may save your life.
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posted on
05/31/2012 4:39:16 PM PDT
by
STARWISE
To: onyx; penelopesire; maggief; hoosiermama; SE Mom; Liz; rodguy911; Fred Nerks; Red Steel; ...
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posted on
05/31/2012 4:41:09 PM PDT
by
STARWISE
(The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
To: STARWISE
Tony Rezko talks from prison (refuses to discuss BHO) I guess he doesn't want to die right away.
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posted on
05/31/2012 4:47:20 PM PDT
by
Carry_Okie
(There has not been a conservative American government for 90 years.)
To: STARWISE
he will change his mind when his pardon does not come through after the election
Comment #5 Removed by Moderator
To: martinidon
LMAO I was thinking the same way.
Hw may talk if Obama gets tossed out of the White House and doesn’t pardon him.
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posted on
05/31/2012 5:07:49 PM PDT
by
Venturer
Comment #7 Removed by Moderator
To: STARWISE
STAYIN Alive ooo ooo ooo Staaaaa-in a-liiii=ah=
-ah-I’vuh.
(Bee Gees do it so much better then Rezko.)
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posted on
05/31/2012 5:09:20 PM PDT
by
hoosiermama
( Obama: " born in Kenya."..Is he lying now or lying then?)
To: STARWISE
Imagine a
a self-respecting journalist reaction being told by a conservative that such-and-such will not be talked about in the interview.
That's all that would be talked about.. like birthers for example.
Then if the conservative walked off the interview a self-respecting journalist would be ecstatic and have headline story will legs.
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posted on
05/31/2012 5:10:38 PM PDT
by
WilliamofCarmichael
(If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
To: STARWISE
Rezko waiting for his January 19th, 2013 Obama pardon.
To: F15Eagle
one of Rezko’s first jobs was keeping Cassius Clay in line for Ferrett-Con.
Jesse Jackson's biological father, Noah Robinson was also a pro-boxer.
Michelle Robinson's ancestors come from the same area of SC that Jesse's relative did.
She spent enough time in the Jackson home to be call “Sis” by the siblings.
Noah Robinson, Jesse's half brother, was a member of the Black stone street gang who change their name to El Rukn when they converted under the influence of Ferret=Con.
(He is currently doing life in prison)
El Rukn (who specialized in murder-for-hire, drugs and male/female prostitution) claimed the same territory that a young Muslim male worked in as a Community Organizer.
Ferret-Con is just another guy in the neighborHOOD.
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posted on
05/31/2012 5:25:15 PM PDT
by
hoosiermama
( Obama: " born in Kenya."..Is he lying now or lying then?)
Comment #12 Removed by Moderator
To: WilliamofCarmichael
Yeah ...and that’s because we’ve learned there ARE
no .. or a tiny amount .. of self-respecting journalists.
We, the conservative blogs and radio shows are the new media.
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posted on
05/31/2012 5:40:14 PM PDT
by
STARWISE
(The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
To: Red Steel
That would be so bombastic ..
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posted on
05/31/2012 5:42:28 PM PDT
by
STARWISE
(The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
To: F15Eagle
Patty who had a real estate license only had one client. Her father is an Alderman...again is all connected:
CHeck out the first hundered or so post on thread below. Pay particular attention to names beginning with the letter “A” and the country they are from.
Feel free to add information to the thread or just connect a few dots....There are plenty..
I particularly find the Senator who ended up with the BO seat and his connection to Craig Robinson , MO’s brother, and his connection to the PA pay=to=play scam. Loop Enterprise paid him well, for no work.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2151323/posts
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posted on
05/31/2012 6:08:14 PM PDT
by
hoosiermama
( Obama: " born in Kenya."..Is he lying now or lying then?)
To: STARWISE
This administration is more frightening and fear inducing than the mafia or drug cartels combined ever could dream to be.
Too many unresolved issues and NO ONE, not a single soul, is willing to "go there."
To: All
Can’t get a pardon if he talks about 0bama.
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posted on
05/31/2012 10:55:21 PM PDT
by
pepperhead
(Kennedys float, Mary Jos don't)
Comment #18 Removed by Moderator
To: F15Eagle; STARWISE
Don’t think I’d be smiling (unless it’s for show) if BO was looking me in the eye with his hand so near my neck.
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posted on
06/01/2012 5:29:50 AM PDT
by
hoosiermama
( Obama: " born in Kenya."..Is he lying now or lying then?)
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