Nice find!
I was just discussing the sale of the Senate seat last night. What a coinkydink.
I never quite understood why Blago went to prison for it because everyone involved looked dirty to me. My guess is that either he was a sacrificial lamb or else 0vomit or someone got angry because Blago was trying to cut them out of the deal or take too big a cut.
I’m doubting anything that 0vomit said in an interview is reliable. I’m also dubious about the reliability of the 302s. Still, would be very interesting to see what they say.
Thanks!
LOOP Capital info here:
www.getliberty.org/files/TALFBackgrounder.pdf
This is where a LOT of our taxpayer money went, via TARP.
Some excerpts below. MUCH more at link.
Loop Capital’s management raised at least $200,000 for Obama’s presidential run. James Reynolds, Co-founder, President, and CEO of Loop Capital has been raising money for Obama for over a decade and hosted one of Obama’s first fundraisers for his U.S. Senate campaign at Reynold’s Chicago home.
Loop Capital employees have been generous to numerous Democrats, particularly black Democrats. Reynolds also gave over $100,000 to Democrats running for federal office, including thousands of dollars for Rahm Emanuel. Between 1998 and 2004, Reynolds gave over $100,000 to Illinois state Democrats, including $25,000 to the state senate president, Emil Jones. Jones’s family has profited handsomely during his time in office.
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:: because Blago was trying to cut them out of the deal or take too big a cut. ::
He was once my governor.
Blago was in-your-face exposing how things worked in D politics. Everything was for sale.