Posted on 05/14/2010 2:30:26 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Blagojevich subpoenas Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.
By JONATHAN ALLEN | 5/14/10 4:21 PM EDT
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) has been subpoenaed by the defense in former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s corruption trial, adding the onetime Senate hopeful to a long list of federal officials Blagojevich’s team wants to put on the witness stand.
The former governor faces charges of a broad range of corruption-related offenses, including conspiring to sell the Senate seat left open when Barack Obama won the presidency. Jackson, one of several candidates for the Senate appointment, has not been accused of any wrongdoing.
“Of course, I will comply with this compulsory order of the court and testify at trial, if necessary,” Jackson said in a statement released to POLITICO. "If and when I am called, I will tell the truth and say under oath what I've said again and again since this shocking scandal first broke. I did nothing wrong and never authorized or engaged in any scheme related to the then-vacant Senate seat.”
Prosecutors say in court documents that Blagojevich and his brother, Robert Blagojevich, planned to try to cut a deal with a person identified as “Individual P” to name Jackson to the Senate seat in exchange for campaign contributions — but ultimately canceled a meeting scheduled for that purpose.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
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Or the Wookie defense.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2478045/posts?page=29#29
Remember: Jesse Jackson’s biological father was Noah Robinson who came from Friends’ Plantation area as did Michelle Robinson Obama’s ancestors. Michelle spent a lot of time in the Jackson home growing up, enough to be called sis by the siblings. This is big. He’s losing family support.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2478045/posts
“Stop bullying Israel” and focus on Iran (letter from Mike Pence & Jesse Jackson Jr. to Obama)
CBN ^ | 3/23/10
Posted on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 4:06:06 PM by Mr. Mojo
The number three Republican in the House of Representatives today told reporters, “I never thought I’d live to see the day that an American administration would denounce the Jewish state of Israel for rebuilding Jerusalem.”
Pence is a strong supporter of Israel and his remarks came just before a bipartisan meeting with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Speaking of bipartisanship, Pence has penned a letter with Democrat Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. asking the administration to focus less attention on where Israelis are building settlements and pay more attention on Iran’s push for nuclear weapons. Here’s a copy of the letter, followed by highlights of Pence’s remarks on Israel to reporters today.
Ask his lawyer.......
bump :)
Umm, I'm not sure if you know this, but Johnnie Cochran has been dead since 2005...
I've disliked JJ Jr. since high school. Of course, the 4 touchdowns and "fun bunch" dance he and his cohorts hung on us stung too. Not to mention the media circus his dad brought to the game...
DId you know Michelle back then?
No. I only played against JJ Jr on the football field, never socialized with him or his friends.
By the way, JJ Jr went to a private high school in DC.
~~Keep going, get ‘em all in the Chicago Swamp deposed ......... PING!
“If I can bring [Obama’s] chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, in to testify … if I can bring Valerie Jarrett, a top staffer to President Obama in to testify, if I can bring Congressman Jackson, Sen. Durbin, Sen. Reid, Sen. [Robert] Menendez (D-N.J.) and a whole series of other people — in fact, every single person I talked to about the Senate seat, then I can clear my name … and fairness and justice will prevail,” Blagojevich said at the time.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/37275.html#ixzz0nxOCoi68
Remember, to these people an “Oath” means nothing. They will lie as sure as you are born.
Blast from the past, possible impact on the present
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Rezko cash triple what Obama says
DONATIONS | $168,000 traced to indicted businessman, associates over the years
June 18, 2007
BY CHRIS FUSCO AND TIM NOVAK Staff
Excerpt:
During his 12 years in politics, Sen. Barack Obama has received nearly three times more campaign cash from indicted businessman Tony Rezko and his associates than he has publicly acknowledged, the Chicago Sun-Times has found.
Obama has collected at least $168,308 from Rezko and his circle. Obama also has taken in an unknown amount of money from people who attended fund-raising events hosted by Rezko since the mid-1990s.
Obama has collected at least $168,308 from Rezko and his circle. Obama also has taken in an unknown amount of money from people who attended fund-raising events hosted by Rezko since the mid-1990s.
But seven months ago, Obama told the Sun-Times his “best estimate” was that Rezko raised “between $50,000 and $60,000” during Obama’s political career.
But seven months ago, Obama told the Sun-Times his “best estimate” was that Rezko raised “between $50,000 and $60,000” during Obama’s political career.
Obama, who wants to be the nation’s next president, has been purging some of those donations — giving charities more than $30,000 he got from Rezko and three of his business partners referenced in Rezko’s federal indictments. All three attended a lavish fund-raiser Rezko hosted for Obama four years ago.
Obama, however, has kept $6,850 from others who also are referenced in Rezko’s indictments. Obama also has hung on to contributions from doctors whom Rezko helped appoint to a state-government panel involved in some of Rezko’s alleged fraud schemes.
“We’ve made our best effort to run the most ethical campaign possible in all ways and release donations when appropriate,” Obama’s press secretary, Bill Burton, said Friday.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/432197,CST-NWS-obama18.article
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Rezko sent governor a wish list
10 of 19 people he recommended were appointed or got spouse named
October 23, 2006
BY DAVE MCKINNEY AND CHRIS FUSCO Staff Reporters
Excerpt:
One nondescript page -— containing 19 names and a note to Gov. Blagojevich from his chief of staff -— shows the clout Antoin “Tony” Rezko once wielded in state government.
“Rod, Here is a list of candidates that Tony Rezko wants to be put on non-paying boards. What are your thoughts?” Blagojevich’s former top aide, Lon Monk, wrote in a note faxed to the governor along with the Jan. 20, 2003, list.
Of the 19 people named on the document, obtained exclusively by the Chicago Sun-Times, 10 wound up being appointed by the governor to a state board or commission -— or got a spouse named. Others wound up with contracts underwritten by taxpayers, or their children got state jobs amid a Blagojevich hiring freeze.
The governor, meanwhile, got more than $830,000 in campaign contributions dating back to 2001 from 15 people on the list, or from their businesses, state records show. The Blagojevich campaign called that figure an “inaccurate representation of the facts.”
There is nothing illegal about Rezko, a recently indicted former top fund-raiser for Blagojevich, making recommendations about who should serve on state panels, or with panel members giving political cash to the governor. The state boards oversee activities ranging from investing pension funds to building affordable housing.
But the wish list comes to light at a time when federal prosecutors are alleging Rezko, in a case involving one state panel, schemed to trade a public pension deal for $1.5 million in contributions to Blagojevich.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/rezko/695935,gov102306.stng
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Obama, Rahm Emanuel, and Blagojevich: Place Your Bets
Excerpt:
All across America every day, after meeting with their attorneys, criminals go before a judge on plea day and enter a plea of “not guilty”.
Yesterday was plea day for the Obama transition team before the American public.
Announcing they would conduct their own internal review – which basically consisted of asking their staff to check their cell phone records, with all the ceremony one might observe from a doorman at Oz, White House attorney Greg Craig, steps from behind the curtain with a brief written report to declare everyone free of taint and stain.
What did anyone truly expect him to do?
He is the attorney for the White House. He is not an investigator, not a prosecutor, not an independent counsel, he is their attorney. And although it is Christmas, he is under no obligation to hand the American people or the FBI, a gift wrapped confession from anyone on the Obama team.
So, as could only be expected, Craig declared the Obama transition team innocent based upon the Obama Team’s own internal review – which stated that none of their people had suggested or considered pay for play with Blagojevich.
It does not say that they didn’t know about it. Which is a felony in and of itself.
It does point out that close friend and personal advisor of Obama, Dr. Eric Whitaker, was approached for information by Blagojevich’s office.
No small wonder. This is not only very telling, but very interesting. According to Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-times, Obama and Dr. Whitaker have been extremely close friends since Harvard, and are in fact so close, that Obama highly recommended Dr. Whitaker to Tony Rezko, sleazy wabbit found all along the Obama Nation bunny trail, for a job as the Illinois Director of Health, where he never applied, but was subsequently hired for, after being approached by Rezko, and Governor Blagojevich’s staff.
You can read Lynn’s article from this past October by clicking here.
http://politicalpiratespen.wordpress.com/tag/rahm-emanuel/
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One of Obama’s closest friends part of federal probe
RECORDS SOUGHT | Programs funded by state Health Dept. under Whitaker are targeted
May 9, 2010
Excerpt:
E-mails and other records of Dr. Eric Whitaker — one of President Obama’s best friends — have been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned.
The investigation involves “faith-based initiatives” and health-awareness campaigns funded by the Illinois Department of Public Health when Whitaker ran the agency for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, according to copies of subpoenas obtained under the state’s Freedom of Information Act.
Obama has said he recommended Whitaker for that job, which Whitaker landed in April 2003. The president’s friend resigned in October 2007 to join Obama’s wife, Michelle, as an executive at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
On Friday, Whitaker defended his work as the state’s former top health official, saying he developed “new methods” to help “African-American and other minority communities” get better medical care.
“The faith-based outreach programs at issue in this inquiry were recognized during my tenure by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and others as national models for increasing awareness and preparedness planning for minority populations,” Whitaker said in a statement. “The programs were functioning well when I left the department in 2007.”
All told, Gov. Quinn’s administration turned over copies of six subpoenas sent to four state agencies that show authorities have been seeking information about a variety of health-awareness grants and programs that have cost taxpayers millions of dollars.
One sent to the health department seeks “any and all records” involving “faith-based initiatives” on subjects including “emergency preparedness,” “HIV/AIDS,” “cervical/breast cancer” and “pandemic flu” (see sidebar).
Five subpoenas came from a federal grand jury in Springfield, while the sixth came from a grand jury in Chicago. The most recent is dated March 30.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/2250646,CST-NWS-whitaker09.article
Aw, come on, Tony is just a guy in the affirmative action bastard’s neighborhood.
strong to AU-chi to Revko to 0...but Hsus on first. (whatever happened to him?)
bump
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