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NBC: Patrick Fitzgerald Stays!
MSNBC ^
| Feb. 10, 2009
| Pete Williams
Posted on 02/11/2009 2:32:45 AM PST by malkee
From NBC's Pete Williams Patrick Fitzgerald, the U.S. attorney in Chicago who brought criminal fraud charges against Rod Blagojevich, will be staying in his job in the Obama administration, even though he was appointed to the position by President George W. Bush.
U.S. attorneys are political appointees. The normal practice, when there's a change of political parties in the White House, is for the incoming administration to replace all 93 U.S. attorneys with appointees from the new president's party. For now, the Obama administration has asked the current Republican-appointed U.S. attorneys to remain in their posts while it considers how many to retain.
But Fitzgerald will not be asked to move on. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois has recommended that Eric Holder, the new attorney general, keep Fitzgerald. That suggestion was "positively received," according to officials at the Justice Department and Sen. Durbin's office.
Fitzgerald has been the U.S. attorney in Chicago since 2001. His spokesman had no comment on Fitzgerald's future.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blago; blagojevich; bleepgate; patrickfitzgerald
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posted on
02/11/2009 2:32:45 AM PST
by
malkee
Comment #2 Removed by Moderator
To: F15Eagle
Yes, I guess it does. But we can always hope against hope.
3
posted on
02/11/2009 2:34:38 AM PST
by
malkee
(Actually I'm an ex-smoker--two and a half years-- But I think about it every day.)
To: malkee
"Yes, I guess it does. But we can always hope against hope."
But he already cut off the investigation before it could lead to Obama and he controls what will be presented in court. The only hope I can see is if Blago, himself, somehow blows the top off of everything and publicly reveals a direct link to Obama.
4
posted on
02/11/2009 2:39:19 AM PST
by
Truth29
To: malkee
Those three weeks of unreleased wiretaps have just been 86’ed.
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posted on
02/11/2009 2:41:07 AM PST
by
maggief
(Rome is burning . Chickens are roosting.)
To: hoosiermama; STARWISE; Protect the Bill of Rights
“Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois has recommended that Eric Holder, the new attorney general, keep Fitzgerald.”
The fix is in ... ping.
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posted on
02/11/2009 2:45:28 AM PST
by
maggief
(Rome is burning . Chickens are roosting.)
To: maggief
Those three weeks of unreleased wiretaps have just been 86ed.Yup, sleepin' with the fishes.
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posted on
02/11/2009 2:45:36 AM PST
by
NurdlyPeon
(Sarah Palin: Americas last, best hope for survival.)
To: malkee
The normal practice, when there's a change of political parties in the White House, is for the incoming administration to replace all 93 U.S. attorneys with appointees from the new president's party...
I thought Clinton was the only president to fire all sitting US Attorneys.
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posted on
02/11/2009 2:45:49 AM PST
by
ComputerGuy
(not my real name)
To: ComputerGuy
I thought Clinton was the only president to fire all sitting US Attorneys. Thats the impression that I had also ...... It seems he raised an uproar when he did it ... !
To: maggief
Ray Charles could have seen this one coming...
10
posted on
02/11/2009 2:51:38 AM PST
by
abb
("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
To: Jay Howard Smith
More honest ‘reporting’ from Pete Williams/MSNBC
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posted on
02/11/2009 2:51:56 AM PST
by
ComputerGuy
(not my real name)
To: NurdlyPeon
Guess Durbin’s play, (Duckworth), with Blago was immaterial. Well, now anyway.
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posted on
02/11/2009 2:52:31 AM PST
by
maggief
(Rome is burning . Chickens are roosting.)
To: abb
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posted on
02/11/2009 2:56:31 AM PST
by
maggief
(Rome is burning . Chickens are roosting.)
To: malkee
"
... The normal practice, when there's a change of political parties in the White House, is for the incoming administration to replace all 93 U.S. attorneys with appointees from the new president's party..."
And Bush did not because?
Ah ... yes ... I forgot. He was a "compassionate conservative".
Suddenly I feel all touchy feely.
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posted on
02/11/2009 3:05:12 AM PST
by
G.Mason
(Each one of us will have to decide whether we will fight this government machine, or join it.)
To: malkee
Patrick Fitzgerald is a SCUM DEMOCRAT.
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posted on
02/11/2009 3:12:45 AM PST
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion.....The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience)
To: malkee
“Yes, I guess it does. But we can always hope against hope.”
Wasn’t this stated months ago that he would be kept on? (ya, Iknow, promises)
[When I read the headline and response, I thought that Rove was going to be indicted and that Jason Leopold or William Pitt was going to take over as WH spokesperson]
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posted on
02/11/2009 3:15:07 AM PST
by
This_far
To: malkee
we can always hope against hope.You prefer somebody suggested by William Ayres?
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posted on
02/11/2009 3:37:51 AM PST
by
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
("men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters." -- Edmund Burke)
Comment #18 Removed by Moderator
To: Truth29
Rahm, Barry, and others have probably been interviewed by the FBI in the Rezko and Blagojevich scandals. If someone had a lapse in memory, or misspoke, who believes that ANYONE in Barry's gang will be “scooterized” with a process crime? Anyone? Anyone? The wildcard now is how much Blago will squeal to save his own hide. This may lead to the feces from the Illinois political cesspool sticking to Barry, Michelle-Omarosa, Rahm, Axelrod, et al.
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posted on
02/11/2009 3:42:09 AM PST
by
SERKIT
("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
To: malkee
While it considers how best with the exception of idiot Fitzgerald to kick their butts out on the street without appearing to.
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posted on
02/11/2009 3:42:56 AM PST
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote.)
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