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Judge delays Rezko sentencing
Chicago Sun Times ^
| 12/16/08
| NATASHA KORECKI, Federal Courts Reporter
Posted on 12/16/2008 11:51:02 AM PST by BP2
A federal judge has indefinitely postponed the Jan. 6 sentencing for Tony Rezko, the prominent political fund-raiser and former adviser to Gov. Blagojevich.
The move this morning came after Rezko lawyers asked U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve last week to throw out the sentencing date.
Rezko's request comes as he restarts talks with federal prosecutors. Those talks hit a stumbling block as Rezko asked to be let out of solitary confinement at the downtown federal lockup. He asked for a rushed sentencing in January.
But last week's revelation that the government has recordings in the governor's case, appeared to change Rezko's mind about cooperating.
Rezko's lawyers did not ask for a new sentencing date at this morning’s hearing.
TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: birthcertificate; blago; blagojevich; bleepgate; certifigate; chicagoway; obama; obamatransitionfile; obamatruthfile; primadonna; rezko; scandal; singingintherain; timetocutadeal
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posted on
12/16/2008 11:51:03 AM PST
by
BP2
To: BP2
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posted on
12/16/2008 11:52:01 AM PST
by
unkus
To: BP2
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posted on
12/16/2008 11:52:09 AM PST
by
TexasNative2000
(Everything Obama does is "appropriate", therefore, nothing he does is "inappropriate".)
To: BP2
But last week's revelation that the government has recordings in the governor's case, appeared to change Rezko's mind about cooperating. He's sing his little black heart out.............no, that's not a racist comment...........
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posted on
12/16/2008 11:53:57 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Never has a man risen so far, so fast and is expected to do so much, for so many, with so little...)
To: BP2
Cue the music someone is singing a sweet melody!
The price of life insurance for Rezko just went up.
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posted on
12/16/2008 11:54:47 AM PST
by
Lawdoc
(My dad married my aunt, so now my cousins are my brothers. Go figure.)
To: Lawdoc
The price of life insurance for Rezko just went up?...
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posted on
12/16/2008 11:58:17 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Never has a man risen so far, so fast and is expected to do so much, for so many, with so little...)
To: BP2
Everyone should sing, Blago, Rezko, the whole gang.
Is protecting BHO’s ass worth spending all those years in the slammer?
And btw, the Governor of Hawaii should unseal BHO’s birth records!
To: BP2
Keep talking....and watch your back. Who wants to start a pool? I give him a month before he has an “accident”.
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posted on
12/16/2008 11:58:48 AM PST
by
GQuagmire
( A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it.)
To: Red Badger
I suspect he realized that with further arrests/indictments, he’ll be competing for attention. Best get the story out now while it’s worth something.
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posted on
12/16/2008 11:58:48 AM PST
by
bcsco
(Illinois politicians should be read their Miranda rights when sworn in to office...)
To: BP2
This is not the kind of news The One wants to hear. Ratting on Gov Hairbrush isn't going to get him anything since the Feds have a slam dunk on Blago. So who else might he be ratting out? Inquiring minds want to know.
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posted on
12/16/2008 12:01:16 PM PST
by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
To: BP2
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posted on
12/16/2008 12:02:30 PM PST
by
skeeter
To: BP2
Maybe they offered him a discount off his sentence for every RAT that he helps them send up the river
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posted on
12/16/2008 12:02:37 PM PST
by
bigbob
To: Welcome2thejungle
I’m Gonna Write A Song
Jody Miller
I’m gonna write a song that the whole wide world can sing
It’s gonna be about sunshine and praise every living thing
It’s gonna be about love the one thing the world needs a lot more of
I’m gonna write a song that the whole wide world can sing
Folks sit around with their face in a frown and gripe about the way things are
They’re happy to recieve but they hardly ever want to give
I’m so tired of complaining so in the time remaining
I’m gonna do my best to make the world a better place to live
I’m gonna write a song...
[ steel - guitar ]
Our fourfathers had only faith in God and they willed to make the nation strong
So the old time religion could help ‘em to find a better way
We need more soul saving and a lot more people flag waving
There’s no better time for us to start than today
I’m gonna write a song...
I’m gonna write a song...
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posted on
12/16/2008 12:02:50 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Never has a man risen so far, so fast and is expected to do so much, for so many, with so little...)
To: TexasNative2000
...Rezko asked to be let out of solitary confinement Bad move, dude!................
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posted on
12/16/2008 12:03:47 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Never has a man risen so far, so fast and is expected to do so much, for so many, with so little...)
To: BP2
None of this will matter once his highness Der Führer Hussein Obama takes office. He will make an executive order to drop all investigations and charges against his partners in crime and/or declare marshal law leaving us here with nothing. Not even our country.
Amazing. Absolutely friggin amazing.
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posted on
12/16/2008 12:06:36 PM PST
by
The Anti-One
(So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.)
To: bcsco
Yes, his “stock” just took a dive..................
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posted on
12/16/2008 12:06:45 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Never has a man risen so far, so fast and is expected to do so much, for so many, with so little...)
To: BP2
Maybe he wants to sing before Blago makes Rezcos song a not so valuable any longer golden oldie! This has to start Blago thinking and Hussein sweating.
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posted on
12/16/2008 12:06:55 PM PST
by
Oldpuppymax
(AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
To: BP2
"But last week's revelation that the government has recordings in the governor's case, appeared to change Rezko's mind about cooperating. Rezko's lawyers did not ask for a new sentencing date at this morning’s hearing."
Schadenfreude!
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posted on
12/16/2008 12:08:56 PM PST
by
StAnDeliver
(We Are Your Overlords.)
To: BP2
Can’t be a plea...already convicted. Sentencing...that’s a different story.
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posted on
12/16/2008 12:08:56 PM PST
by
A_Tradition_Continues
(formerly known as Politicalwit ...05/28/98...Ain't no Newbie!)
To: BP2
This is at least the second delay. He was originally supposed to be sentenced the last week of October.
Something interesting is happening.
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posted on
12/16/2008 12:09:14 PM PST
by
cookcounty
("A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not why the ship is built." ---Governor Sarah Palin)
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