Posted on 06/20/2012 10:01:49 PM PDT by kevcol
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At last summer’s Blagojevich retrial, prosecutors had a distinct way to refer to the wealthy businessman: He was “the bribe guy,” who in 2008 allegedly offered millions of dollars to Rod Blagojevich’s brother in exchange for appointing Jackson Jr. (D-Ill) to Obama’s vacant Senate seat.
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For the last several years, Nayak had been the aching thorn in Jackson’s side after Blagojevich was heard on tape saying that Jackson’s emissary — Nayak — offered what Blagojevich believed was a $1.5 million offer in exchange for the Senate seat.
Jackson has repeatedly and vehemently denied he authorized anyone to approach Blagojevich on his behalf. Jackson has not been charged in the probe.
But a Congressional ethics investigation still ongoing into Jackson cited Nayak by name when the panel found “probable cause to believe that Representative Jackson either directed … Raghuveer Nayak to offer to raise money for Governor Blagojevich in exchange for appointing Representative Jackson to the Senate seat … or had knowledge that Nayak would likely make such an offer.”
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Obama, Rezko, Nayak and Blago all seemed to have something in common. They all were shaking down the medical community for money.
Obama, Rezko, Nayak and Blago all seemed to have something in common. They all were shaking down the medical community for money.
Like father, like son - the Chicago way.
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