Tony Rezko arrested, sources say (timing is everything)

Chicago Tribune ^ | 28 January 2008 | Jeff Coen and John Chase

[mewzilla]

Grrrrr.....Wrong link. Back in a mo....

[mewzilla]

Tony Rezko: A Flight Risk?

From the link....

They think he's been dishonest about how much cash he has access to, and they're worried he'll flee before trial.

No duh.

They point to a $3.5 million loan Rezko got last spring from a business partner overseas.

Which country, anyone know?

[PhilDragoo]

[Eva]

That will teach Rezko not to release pictures of himself with the Clintons.

[SE Mom]

I THINK it was Syria..but that’s from memory and I’m not certain.

[killermosquito]

The leftovers from the Clinton Justice Department will cut this guy a deal if he gives up the dirt on Obama.

And I thought the Hollywood screen writers were on strike!

[alrea]

Which country, anyone know?

Lebanon(is that still a country?)

[popdonnelly]

If Hillary is elected, will Rezko get a pardon?

[popdonnelly]

I forgot about Fitzgerald. That guy is a first-rate jerk. It wouldn’t surprise me if he was angling for the Attorney General’s job. It also wouldn’t surprise me if that’s been discussed privately. Since his only qualification for the office is prosecuting Republicans who haven’t done anything, I don’t think he’s a very good candidate.

[an amused spectator]

As I've said before, anyone who has enough money should park most of it outside the country, and have a jet on standby.

The Big Book Of "Laws" is getting to be as big as the Feral Tax Code, and just as insane...

If you don't believe me, just ask Martha Stewart, Barry Bonds, Michael Vick, Marc Rich, etc., etc., etc.

[dixiechick2000]

LOL!

They do seem to hang out with a crummy crowd.

[justiceseeker93]

You make an excellent point. By HRC’s way of thinking, Fitzgerald would make an excellent US AG (except for the fact he’s male).

[justiceseeker93]

So Rezko is an Arab-American activist? Is he a Moslem?

[MeekOneGOP]

Phil, I must say that almost says it ALL when it comes to the Kringtoons !!

Super!

[nicmarlo]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080129/ap_on_re_us/fundraiser_indicted

CHICAGO - An indicted businessman who poured thousands of dollars into the campaigns of Barack Obama and other politicians was jailed Monday after prosecutors disclosed he received $3.5 million from an Iraqi billionaire while claiming to be broke.

Real estate developer and fast-food entrepreneur Antoin “Tony” Rezko was arrested Monday at his home in Wilmette and held after his attorneys failed to dissuade Judge Amy J. St. Eve from revoking his $2 million bond.

“This defendant has played a shell game and I think misled the court about what his assets are,” federal prosecutor Reid J. Schar said.

[dixiechick2000]

Bump that, Meek!

[MeekOneGOP]

I see ya and raise ya a bump !!

And on that note, I’m headin’ for the horizontal rack. :)

G’night all!

[dixiechick2000]

Bumping backatcha, Meek!

It was good to “see” you. ;o)

Nitey nite!

[OPS4]

http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/crime2.html

[Candor7]

There is a strong possibility that Rezko will have an hallucinatory drug slipped into his morning coffee which will cause him permanent brain damage , thereby destroying any ability he would have to testify.

Instantaneous dementia.

Whether such comes from the Obama or the Hillery camp is your guess. Both of them are worse than the other.Once Rezko decides he won't be the fall guy in this, then his life expectancy, or his compos mentis likely will be short lived.

Hsu narrowly escaped such a fate by escaping and checking into an emergency room.