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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The key witness against corrupt Democrats is DEAD. THE CHICAGO WAY....
What did Obama know and when did he know it?
Illinois dirt nap?
ACRIME or the Unions. This is headed right at obozo so some big players need to quiet some voices.
Pray for America
No surprise — when you go against the Mob, you pay the price.
I am sure any protection detail had to conveniently take a bathroom break at the proper moment.
Silence, democratic-party style.
He already plead under oath I’m sure, so how does that affect the information he spilled?
BREAKING NEWS PING!
OMG!!
Did they find two sets of keys in his personal effects?
Is there a torn up suicide note missing only the signature?
When will the X-rays vanish?
Kelly was refusing to “cooperate” against Blago, so why the hit.
“Kelly was refusing to “cooperate” against Blago, so why the hit.”
Knew who all the key people had their bodies buried..
And if I recall, wasn’t their some connection between this guy, and RAHM EMANUEL, too?
Obamacide — Chicago style?
From the story: 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.
Taking no chances on this guy giving up what he knows under pressure? I'm sure this trial was to put pressure on his Blago affiliation...
When you play the game at that level, you don’t take chances. Hence the potential that this was not a death by natural causes or an accident. This smacks of someone reducing their exposure, tidying up loose ends.
Calm down, calm down. It’s just a case of that 24-hour cancer that’s going around Chicago. Most of us are immune to it.
Rezko lent Chris Kelly money to buy a house.
Rezko lent Obama money to buy a house.
There are definitely less than 6 degrees of separation. It’ll be interesting to see how this unfolds.
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Kelly was involved in some kind of O'Hare construction deal and was being pinched to testify against Blago (who blew off his visit on Fox and Friends this morning after sending them an email at 3am).
In Illinois, there are always tight connections between Barry, Axelrod, Rahm, Blago, Kelly, Rezko, Daley, and the rest of the cesspool that has oozed its way into Wash DC. It is one big clusterfork.
Once he is convicted he is offered a lesser sentence for giving up others. Usually higher ups like the big Ozero.
Self inflected gunshot to the back of the head I reckon, those evil guns.
Yeah a suicide, two through the head one through the heart.
Ruled suicide.
Chicago, Chicago, one hell of a town...
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