Posted on 12/10/2008 11:49:38 PM PST by STARWISE
If there is a strong case — what could either prevent this lapse, or insure that this continues to it’s ultimate conclusion?
I don't think your definition of extortion is accurate. If someone had already been appointed, and Blago said, "Give me money or I'll undo the appointment," that would be extortion. You can't extort someone by withholding something they never had a right or guarantee to have in the first place. Unless there's a lot more than we know about, IMO the only thing they can prove is something like solicitation of a bribe.
The actions of the prosecution stink, because they could have let it go a few more days and gotten gosh knows what. They could have gotten him for actually taking the bribe. They could have gotten the people making the bribe. They could have had the case of a lifetime. When it's done right, prosecutors want all the evidence they can get, the bigger the felony the better, and the higher they can go on the totem pole of people involved the better.
MM (in TX)
Now the prosecutor may have stopped it early in order to prevent Bozo from being implicated, but I bet somewhere in all the phone calls and other evidence they have already, Bozo, or one of his minions, is in there dealing for something. I think old special prosecutor is a scum bag, but he still will be able to get the goods on Blago.
If he merely wanted to warn him off so Bozo would not get caught there was no need to arrest him.
If you only have one witness testifying, it's not as good as if you have 10 witnesses testifying. Rezko helps them nail the Gov, then Rezko plus the Gov plus the Gov's associates testify against the big fish.
Then why has he only been charged with soliciting bribes? The level of charges get negotiated down, not up. Unless there's more out there that we don't yet know of, they've charged him with the worst thing they have on him: solicitation of bribes.
MM (in TX)
Funny, but true. ;^)
Have you noticed how EVERYONE [and I do mean EVERYONE] on Fox doesn't just say once that obama is in no way thought to be guilty of anything...they repeat it numerous, numerous times within a few minutes span? Sickening!
Where Oh here is Larry Sinclair since He was Freed from the Trumped Up BIDEN Charges in Delaware?
There is NO DOUBT NOW that Larry was telling the Truth about ZERO HUSSEIN!
Because Fitz is a jerk? Fitz isn't the most honest of prosecutors, he tried to bring down W if you recall, spent two years on a case in which he finally indicted(and ultimately convicted)Scooter Libby for "lying" when his sole reason for the investigation was who outed Valerie Plame and was it illegal if they did? It wasn't because there was nothing to out and the person who outed her was not Scooter Libby but a staffer of Colin Powell the frickin' RINO Traitor. They are not going to bring Bozo down, not if they can help it and they will try not to help it. It doesn't mean that Blago wasn't attempting extortion, it just means they aren't going to charge him with it!
:’D Thanks, glad you liked it.
Keeping all these people quiet means, obama must have [and has let it be known] that he has a place much darker than Fort Marcy park!
LOL.....well, we do know that the O’s shopped at Rezko’s.
Don’t we. Shopped for a great mortgage deal. A great deal on an extra piece of land. Who all knows what else they shopped for at Rezko’s.
Expect Rezko to turn up dead very soon then...
This is exactly why Obambi got the Clintoons on his team.
They are experts in the disappearing witness method of justice.
yeah, heh... and the other way around as well... Rezko shopped at Obamaworld.
How soon beore Luciano Blagorotti starts to sing?
Rezko has the goods
A 9mm Bullet is much less paiful than being Tortured and having One’s Head Chopped Off:-(*
* It makes waterboarding look like a Sunday Afternoon Swim and Picnic:-(
If Blago and Rezko sing - will Fitz even listen? Does anyone think Fitz will take the Indonesian down?
As one fellow on FR pointed out - Fitz shut Blago down just as it was getting intersting and just before Fitz might have a slam dunk on O.
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