Posted on 01/28/2008 6:54:22 AM PST by SE Mom
Antoin "Tony" Rezko was arrested early Monday at his Wilmette home by federal agents on an alleged bond violation, the Tribune has learned.
Investigators had in recent weeks become concerned about the movement of some of his finances, a source said. Rezko, who is scheduled to stand trial on corruption charges in less than a month at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse, was taken into custody due to an alleged bond violation, a source confirmed.
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This does nothing but benefit the Republican candidate. It makes the Clintons look like the scum that they are and it ties B.H.O to some shady finance deals with Arab/Syrian whatever with ties in the middle east...oh my this is going to fun to watch them tear each other apart.
Pass the popcorn please...
Transcript of Billary’s call to Rezko:
“Hey Tony, roll over on your pal Obama and we’ll make this all go away.”
Better to be in fed custody than out there at the mercy of the psychopathic Clintons.
Edwards, yes he probably has the dirt, he doesn’t have the brains.
That’s another point, how is Rezko guilty without a fair trial? Has Clinton convicted him of a crime before a jury?
My, my, my...Is the Clinton machine kicking in?
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LOL! Do you really need to ask! /s
Also, Bill Clinton = Juan Peron.
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Rush just called him Bull Clinton, a la Bull Conner, for his comments in South Carolina last weekend, which have divided the dem party by racial lines.
Almost too coincidental to NOT be related to the Clintons.
A week before Feb 5th????
I cannot wait until these two are PURGED from the American political process.
And if you believe the Clintons, they do not remember taking a photo with him.
LOL!
-PJ
Yep....politics of personal destruction is alive and well. Unfortunately......the Klinton could only be days away.
Clinton dirty tricks!! I’ll bet he’ll be offered a deal to rat on his buddy Obama to save his own skin.
8. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL): A Dishonorable Mention last year, Senator Obama moves onto the ten most wanted list in 2007. In 2006, it was discovered that Obama was involved in a suspicious real estate deal with an indicted political fundraiser, Antoin Tony Rezko. In 2007, more reports surfaced of deeper and suspicious business and political connections It was reported that just two months after he joined the Senate, Obama purchased $50,000 worth of stock in speculative companies whose major investors were his biggest campaign contributors. One of the companies was a biotech concern that benefited from legislation Obama pushed just two weeks after the senator purchased $5,000 of the companys shares. Obama was also nabbed conducting campaign business in his Senate office, a violation of federal law.Indicted Obama fundraiser Rezko arrested
The FBI says Rezko was arrested at his Illinois home by federal agents. The U.S. Attorney's office and an FBI agent has confirmed the real estate developer and fast food magnate's arrest, but would not discuss the reasoning behind the government's bail revocation motion.A hearing is scheduled for later today.
Keep in mind Bush never fired all the US attorneys as Clinton did.
So the original statement that...
> Obama bought the Rezko property for $104,500
> $520,500 less than Rezkos wife paid for it.
...is not true. He bought a strip of it for that price, and we can’t tell how much of a discount that amounts to (if any) without knowing more about the relative sizes etc.
A rogue operation by Clinton operatives in the Justice Department?
-PJ
After his arrest, Rezko sat reading at a defense table in U.S. District Judge Amy J. St. Eve's courtroom, watched by two FBI agents who refused to comment. The agents said reporters could not speak with Rezko because he was "in custody."The court was then closed to reporters until an afternoon hearing in the case.
Rezko's attorney, Joseph Duffy, did not immediately respond to a call to his office seeking comment.
Born 1965 in Belleville, IL
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U. S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
Nominated by George W. Bush on March 21, 2002, to a seat vacated by George W. Lindberg; Confirmed by the Senate on August 1, 2002, and received commission on August 2, 2002.
Education:
Cornell University, B.A., 1987
Cornell Law School, J.D., 1990
Professional Career:
Private practice, New York City, 1990-1994
Associate independent counsel, Whitewater Independent Counsel's Office, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1994-1996
Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 1996-2001
Senior counsel, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois, 2001-2002
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