Posted on 04/02/2009 3:01:35 PM PDT by STARWISE
Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, his brother Rob and Christopher Kelly, a former top fundraiser for Blagojevich, were all indicted today on corruption charges, the U.S. attorney's office in Chicago announced.
Also charged in the indictment were Lon Monk, a lobbyist and former Blagojevich chief of staff; John Harris, also a former chief of staff to Blagojevich; and William Cellini, a Springfield insider for decades.
The indictment comes four months after Blagojevich was arrested and charged with engaging in pay-to-play politics in a sweeping federal complaint that accused him of trading state jobs, contracts and regulatory favors for campaign contributions.
The criminal complaint charged Blagojevich with attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama and seeking the firing of Tribune editorial writers in return for state help on the sale of Wrigley Field. The ballpark and newspaper are owned by Tribune Co.
Blagojevich's brother, Rob, took over as head of the governor's campaign fund last August, just two months before federal authorities won court authorization to wiretap the then-governor's home phone and campaign office.
Monk was also caught on the recordings.
This marks the third time Kelly has been charged by federal authorities but the first time for alleged wrongdoing with the former governor. In January the wealthy roofing contractor pleaded guilty to tax fraud for concealing his use of corporate funds to cover gambling debts, but just weeks later, he was charged in connection with a kickback scheme at O'Hare International Airport.
Authorities have alleged that Harris tried to carry out the governor's plan to have Tribune editorial writers fired for critical editorials of Blagojevich.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagobreakingnews.com ...
ping
Lawn Monk.
Start talking,Blago. Take Obama down with you..make your jail time shorter..cut a deal..you da man..you can do it..you got da connections don’t ya..maybe not..but go ahead give it a whirl.
Advice to Blago:
1. Keep your head away from loaded guns
2. Do not hitch a ride with Sonny Corleone
3. Do not sleep with a horse:
......and the singing begin ......
Michelle is toast. Her acting as the receiver for Hussein’s gotten gains will end her career as First Lady.
That is funny, but I am not joking:
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich plays Monica Lewinsky in *** REVERSED *** Impeachment script
Reminder:
REVERSED Impeachment script explained October 5, one month before the election, the day OJ Simpson was declared guilty
http://engforum.pravda.ru/showthread.php?t=228279
In
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2151372/posts?page=23#23 THIS DAY IN HISTORY: President Clinton Impeached
Baloney..............
Awww, his wife wasn’t indicted. What a disappointment!
bump
bttt
We can ask him to pop over from Lake Buena Vista to be a guest speaker at our regional FR convention in Orlando this month.
Don't laugh, we'd fill the joint up!
Sincerely,
Dopey
Is he as clean as MSM tries to make him out to be, or does someone in the Windy City own him?
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I’d like to know what (or who’s) really driving him, too.
His past actions leave me with very mixed opinions.
(The question is rhetorical....no need to answer.)
http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2008/dec/26/travel/chi-kass-fri-letters-26-dec26
John, so Obama appoints one of Daley’s yes-men, LaHood, to run the Department of Transportation with all that money to throw around. It provides perfect cover to the untrained Illinois outsider’s eyes. Looks to me like the Chicago Daley machine gets to spend all the money. As if this is anything you don’t already know. Jeff T.
Dear Jeff — What makes Illinois politics so tasty are all the connections between Republicans and Democrats in the Combine. It’s like a big bowl of linguine with the strands tangled. So the indicted Cellini has LaHood’s back, and LaHood is supported by Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel , and DeLeo calls Rahm when he needs to, and everyone gets reform the Chicago Way.
Funny, but I don’t see this mentioned in the media. Nor the Cellini -DeLeo symbiosis, though Jimmy lived at Cellini ‘s sister’s house in Springfield for 15 years.
Why doesn’t this stuff make the news?
Perhaps this is a question best left to philosophers, not to some chumbolone like me searching for a cheap TV.
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http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2008/nov/16/local/chi-kass-cellini-bdnov16
Connections could touch every somebody
By John Kass
November 16, 2008
Text of Indictment (75 page pdf)
http://llnw.static.cbslocal.com/station/wbbm/docs/final%20indict.pdf
http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2007/mar/21/news/chi-0703210070mar21
Archive for Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Connecting dots and Fitzgerald’s fall
Lon Monk = reference to Monica Lewisnky
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What’s the reference ?
It is behind schedule now
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2151372/posts?page=23#23 THIS DAY IN HISTORY: President Clinton Impeached
One can hope.
Perhaps things will change...
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