[STARWISE]

I believe this is the referenced footnote in the Blagojevich/Harris complaint.

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"4 has yet to be fully determined, has confirmed to the government in proffer sessions the essence of Ata’s testimony regarding Ata’s meeting with ROD BLAGOJEVICH, but has a different recollection regarding the timing and chronology of certain events and only recalls asking Ata for one $25,000 check for ROD BLAGOJEVICH.

Rezko’s proffers have been substantial but are not complete and the government’s efforts to fact check and corroborate Rezko’s proffered information are not yet complete.

Rezko has proffered with the government in hopes of receiving a recommendation from the government for a reduced sentence.

During the proffer sessions, Rezko at times has provided accounts that differ from those of other witnesses, including Ata, but in broad terms Rezko’s account incriminates ROD BLAGOJEVICH in a “pay to play” criminal scheme.

Because the government is not yet satisfied that Rezko’s accounts are full and complete, the government is not relying on Rezko’s account for probable cause. The government simply notes that while Rezko’s account varies at times from those of other witnesses, Rezko’s account of ROD BLAGOJEVICH’s activity, on balance, would add to the probable cause set forth herein, not subtract.

Where Rezko’s proffered recollection differs significantly from those of witnesses upon whose testimony the government is relying, this affidavit notes those differences."

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[top 2 toe red]

Expect Rezko to turn up dead very soon then...

[Eye of Unk]

[Brad from Tennessee]

These federal prosecutors have about 40 days before they’re told to clean out their desks and wait for Security to escort them out of the building.

[BonRad]

Hannity said quickly a couple weeks ago he heard Rezko was singing like a bird.

Thanks for ping STARWISE

[teletech]

I wonder what Rezko has on Obama? You would think that if Rezko were going to implicate Obama, he would have done it by now. Maybe he has and the Feds are checking what Rezko told them about Obama. One can only hope.

[mkjessup]

Ruh, roh, look out:

[DB]

They all crawled out of the same cesspool in Chicago and we are supposed to believe Obama came out smelling like a rose while all the rest stink to high heaven???

Right...

[SunkenCiv]

"I think my wife has shopped at Rezko, but I don't know much about the place."

[Toespi]

These people are Obama’s true “secret service.” They are not going to turn on him. The deeds they have done have been for his promotion and they have known the price from the beginning. He is their purpose.

[PA-RIVER]

Wow, thats a nice house..... If I could run for congress, collect a few bribes, I could live in a house like that too?

Say what? Rezko is going to Jail?

I think I would sell that house now, but hey, I wasnt born a Kenyan citizen, what do I know... I was born an American citizen, with American parents, in America. Im not sophisticated like Hussein.

[Calm_Cool_and_Elected]

ping

[Phoenix11]

Michael Sneed at the Sun-Times has been reporting for a while now about Rezko singing in lieu of a lighter sentence.

I don’t think Rezko is going to sing on Obama because I think he’s angling for a pardon. He can sing on Blago and Alexi & family and deliver bigger fish, but still hold out for the pardon from Obama. Blago being Blago might sing on bigger fish to try and save himself.

[bricklayer]

linging canaries?

[SueRae]

Rezko better be put in protective custody before he becomes the first Rahm-acide case. And that may be nothing compated to what Blago spills. And he will spill BIG.

[RayChuang88]

I think the Democrats are quietly VERY concerned because Tony Rezko could "connect the dots" for the FBI and that could cause the biggest Constitutional crisis since the Watergate scandal.

Why? Because the electors at the Electoral College won't meet until December 15, 2008 to finalize the election results. If anytime substantial breaks up until December 15, 2008 that strongly connects President-elect Obama to the Blagojevich legal situation, even the Constitution is not too clear on how to have Obama replaced if there is a substantial chance for an indictment against Obama for being strongly involved in the scandal. We could end up with Vice President-elect Joseph Biden or even possibly Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi being President!

[hamburglar]

Is anyone stupid enough to believe that Obama is the only virgin in the whorehouse?


Obamas chickens are cooming home.....to roost.

[penelopesire]

Two quick things of note in this article:

(snip)

“I should make clear, the complaint makes no allegations about the president-elect whatsoever,” Fitzgerald said. “We make no allegations that he’s aware of anything, and that’s as simply as I can put it. . . .

“There’s no reference in the complaint to any conversations involving the president-elect or indicating that the president-elect was aware of it. And that’s all I can say.”

Legal experts said it was unusual for a prosecutor to make such a blanket statement while an investigation was continuing.

“That carries a great deal of weight,” said Jan Witold Baran, a Washington lawyer who represents politicians on ethical complaints and campaign finance matters. “It is really unusual for a U.S. attorney to say someone is not implicated.”
(end snip)

The Washington Post in spin mode. All Fitz is saying is that Obama is not implicated in the complaint. I guess the WP forgot to add this bit from the complaint on page 5:

Para 12: “Because this affidavit is submitted for the limited purpose of securing a criminal complaint and corresponding arrest warrants, I have not included each and every fact known to me concerning this investigation.”

The other line of note is this:
(snip)
“Lawyers in the Blagojevich case said information provided by Rezko and others who testified at Rezko’s trial could form the backbone of several additional charges against the governor. Blagojevich’s wife, Patricia, had worked on real estate deals with Rezko.”
(end snip)

Let me get this straight. Obama and his wife get campaign cash and do real estate deals with Rezko...no charges on Obama and wife....Blago’s wife does real estate deals with Rezko....additional charges will be filed on Blago and wife.

OK. Time to move along folks and allow Obama to get back to the work of being the ‘President Elect’....(eye roll)

[norwaypinesavage]

It is truly amazing to me how stories such as this, when dealing with Republicans, focus on “What did he know, and when did he know it”. In dealing with high level Democrats, the stories focus almost entirely on “He knew nothing”. This whole story could be rewritten, using the same facts, on “What did Obama know, and when did he know it.”

[sarasota]

Was Blago’s wife involved in the Rezko/Obama land deal?