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Posted on 09/12/2009 1:57:04 PM PDT by tcrlaf
Two sources with knowledge of the situation told the Tribune today they have been notified that Christopher Kelly, a key figure in the federal corruption probe into former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, is dead.
The Cook County medical examiner’s office today confirmed that a body identified as Christopher Kelly was brought to the morgue from Stroger Hospital. The office would not provide any details, including his age, address and manner of death, because the family had not yet arrived at the office.
Kelly’s attorney, Michael Monico, declined to comment today when reached by a Tribune reporter.
Kelly is a former confidant and top fundraiser for Blagojevich, who was accused of using his office to leverage campaign donations and benefits for himself and his family.
Kelly, who was indicted alongside Blagojevich in April, pleaded guilty this week in a separate federal case.
On Tuesday, in a surprise move just a day before his scheduled trial, Kelly, owner of a roofing business, pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud as part of a kickback scheme to illegally obtain $8.5 million in work at O'Hare International Airport.
At the time, Kelly, 51, said he was under pressure from federal prosecutors to cooperate in their investigation of Blagojevich, but he refused.
Kelly faced a sentence of almost 5 years in prison on top of the roughly 3 years in prison he got in June for his guilty plea to tax offenses.
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But in this case the prosecutors are employees of Bummer. They would have no reason to go after Bummer, even if throwing lesser figures under the bus.
Damn that swine flu pandemic epidemic!
HOLY COW!
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Uh oh, shades of Clinton.
BTTTTTTTT
Just because he knew something. By way of analogy, my grandfather was a lawyer in Chicago during Capone's day. He knew another lawyer who went to work for Capone. 6 months later, that lawyer was dead.
Doesn't matter how willing you are to sell your soul to the devil. What matters is what you know. If you ain't "family", you're dead.
Illicide?
Satan always collects.
Naw, Chillcide!
Maybe this is why Blago was a no show on F & F’s this morning. They read a note email from his staff that had a time stamp of 3 AM.
Someone bothered to wake him up and tell him
No, in Chicago it's just business as usual. Call it what it is - a hit.
I beat ya. ;-)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2338176/posts
But usually the info comes before the deal is signed and sealed. I’m sure the agreement would be conditional to the value of the information and he wouldn’t get out of the room until the info is revealed, and verified for veracity.
Excellent point.
Whoa...
Sewercide
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