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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Obamacide!
Apparently the Arkansas flu has spread to Illinois.
Hmmmm? Grant Park or Fort Marcy Park? In politics parks can be dangerous ground.
Is there a Cliff Notes version of all of this. I haven’t paid close enough attention.
Booked for Huckabee, but I dunno if it might turn out to be a pre-recorded spot. If he doesn’t appear though, would be interesting to see if Huck will go into reason.
Where was Rahm? Probably the same place he was the night obama’s gay lover Donald Young was shot to death in his car. We also have the guy that was involved in the obama passport peek, shot in the head. Is this #3? How many were there that we never knew about?
Kelly was involved in fundraisers, land schemes, roofing contracts at O'Hare, and other "typical" Chicago dirty dealing.
There is no short-cut to explain the entire cesspool of Chicago-Springfield politics that has oozed its way into 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. It seems Kelly was to testify against Blago after being convicted himself of dirty deeds.
Kelly winds up dead, with no details forthcoming. Who knows what real estate and/or fundraising paths may have crossed between Patty, Blago, Kelly, Rezko, and maybe even Daley, Barry, or other "stars of the sewer system" that we call Illinois politics, that gave us Rahm, Axelrod, Barry, et al.
Blago was to have appeared this morning on Fox & Friends, but submitted an email at 3am that he may not appear - well he did not show - did he know about Kelly at that point - inquiring minds want to know.....????
Good one
http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/hillary_fed_up_QIZlU17EoXQvXht1Y2Cg2O
Thank you.
Chicagocide———watta way to go (/snic).
Chicagocide.
Chicagocide: it’s taking Arkancide to a new level!
It probably doesn’t affect the information they have, but it keeps him from giving them any more info. He wouldn’t have spilled it all, holding some back so he would get a lighter sentence first and then giving them a little at a time, just like Rezko is doing, only Rezko was either smarter or luckier, or perhaps he didn’t spill ALL he knew only enough to keep the feds treating him easy.
“Someone bothered to wake him up and tell him”
Yea, either that or he just got home. ;)
It was Obamacide.
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