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Federal Sources: Fitzgerald Held Off Blagojevich Bust to Protect Obama Election Chances
debbieschlussel.com ^ | December 11, 2008 | Debbie Schlussel

Posted on 12/11/2008 5:02:43 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY

Did Obama Fail Ethics Requirements of Illinois Bar?

A federal source of mine with ties to Chicago says that FBI agents had enough to prosecute corrupt, helmet-haired Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich back in June, when he was already engaged in some of the blackmail and extortion alleged by the FBI affidavit and other documents associated with his arrest and prosecution.

The source says that the FBI was suddenly ordered by the U.S. Attorney's Office--and I believe that order came from the top, ie., U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald and Justice Department officials in Washington--to hold off on doing anything until after the election, so as not to hurt Obama's White House bid. Here's what my inside source says.

I know for a fact FBI Chicago had enough to indict Blagojevich in June. They were 2 weeks from indictment in June based on cooperation and testimony at the Stu Levine trial. Levine was Tony Rezko's bud, fund raiser for Blago, and our President-Elect.

I wonder what took them so long? My guess is when it started to look like a lock for Obama's nomination by the Dems, someone at the U.S. Attorney's Office put it all on hold, so as not to spoil "The Annointed One's" shot.

(Excerpt) Read more at debbieschlussel.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: blagojevich; chicago; corruptdems; doj; fbi; guesswork; il2008; merryfitzmas; patrickfitzgerald; schlussel
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1 posted on 12/11/2008 5:02:44 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Now, THERE’S a shocker. /sarc


2 posted on 12/11/2008 5:04:09 PM PST by library user
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Not surprised at all.


3 posted on 12/11/2008 5:06:19 PM PST by randomhero97 ("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Let’s just hope it backfires by allowing the sale of the century to develop.


4 posted on 12/11/2008 5:06:22 PM PST by OSHA (framing it as though you've magically neutralized any potential negative eventuality)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

So, who will be the first to file a grievance against attorney Barack Obama with the appropriate Illinois authorities? Remember, there’s precedent for something like this. There was that certain Democrat President who lost his law license over lying under oath. ‘Memba him?


5 posted on 12/11/2008 5:06:28 PM PST by library user
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To: Free ThinkerNY
So he held off on arresting him for selling Obama’s seat until after Obama was elected? I must be missing something.
6 posted on 12/11/2008 5:08:10 PM PST by Doe Eyes
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To: library user

The shocker is that Hillary’s renown opposition research team didn’t uncover this.


7 posted on 12/11/2008 5:08:54 PM PST by skeeter
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Remember, Nixon was forced to resign because of a cover-up after the fact. He never authorized the Watergate break-in.


8 posted on 12/11/2008 5:09:04 PM PST by NoControllingLegalAuthority ((Barack Obama...stuck on stupid and idle as the world races by him like a bullet train...)
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To: Doe Eyes
So he held off on arresting him for selling Obama’s seat until after Obama was elected? I must be missing something.

No, everyone else is......LOL!

9 posted on 12/11/2008 5:13:16 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (What size shot works best on 4 calling birds?)
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To: Doe Eyes
So he held off on arresting him for selling Obama’s seat until after Obama was elected? I must be missing something.

There was apparently a number of crimes Blag was committing. The attempted selling of Obama's seat was just the latest.

10 posted on 12/11/2008 5:13:48 PM PST by Dianna
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I think I know some attorneys that are going to get fired on Jan 21.


11 posted on 12/11/2008 5:14:13 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Gee...I’m shocked. Funny how Lawrence Tribe indicted Cap Weinberger days before the 1992 election that deliberately aided Clinton.

You can always count on Fitz to aid his Democrat heartthrobs.


12 posted on 12/11/2008 5:15:22 PM PST by Obadiah (NOMR! - Not One More RINO!)
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To: Dianna
The attempted selling of Obama's seat was just the latest.

And its not too hard to imagine the campaign to sell the seat starting in the summer in anticipation of an Obama win.

13 posted on 12/11/2008 5:16:40 PM PST by skeeter
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To: Dianna

You probably have it right. This last bit of corruption simply made it easier to hide the truth of the delay.


14 posted on 12/11/2008 5:17:37 PM PST by Carley (Prayers for Sgt. Eddie Ryan)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
I'd just love to see Obama forced from office using the same sword used on Nixon.

(from the Watergate hearings) Senator Howard Baker (R) TN: "What did the President know and when did he know it."

15 posted on 12/11/2008 5:17:51 PM PST by NoControllingLegalAuthority ((Barack Obama...stuck on stupid and idle as the world races by him like a bullet train...)
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To: skeeter
And its not too hard to imagine the campaign to sell the seat starting in the summer in anticipation of an Obama win.

And its not too hard to imagine the Obama campaign was tipped off about the Blago Senate seat auction.

16 posted on 12/11/2008 5:19:03 PM PST by CharacterCounts (1984 was supposed to be a work of fiction, not a how-to manual.)
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To: Doe Eyes
Yes, you are missing all the crimes that came before that one that were sufficient on their own to indict Blago.
17 posted on 12/11/2008 5:21:57 PM PST by DB
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To: Free ThinkerNY; All

I have a dumb question...

If Fitz didn’t want to hurt Obama, why release the tapes of Blago swearing about Obama?
Why wouldn’t he release a damning tape of Blago talking about something else?

A/ Fitz thought the tape of Blago saying Obama wouldn’t play the game would make Obama look innocent?

B/ He wants to hurt, or at least own, Obama?

C/____________________?


18 posted on 12/11/2008 5:23:11 PM PST by fanfan (Update on Constitutional Crisis in Canada.....Click user name)
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To: NoControllingLegalAuthority

Ha! The MSM took Nixon out. They will never surrender one of their own. Look at Clinton. There were calls for him to resign. The MSM propped him up over and over again. There is strong evidence that Clinton RAPPED someone. The MSM deliberately let him skate.


19 posted on 12/11/2008 5:23:49 PM PST by Obadiah (NOMR! - Not One More RINO!)
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To: Obadiah

I would have asked Obama if the SS ever told him during his briefing if Blago was going down.


20 posted on 12/11/2008 5:25:16 PM PST by Orange1998
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