Obama Pal Tony Rezko Found Guilty Of 16 Of 24 Counts In Corruption Case
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News of Barack Obama’s buddy Tony Rezko the Chicago Real estate Developer and fundraiser for Barack has been found guilty on Federal Corruption charges.
Tony Rezko the high-flying developer and fast-food magnate who was once a major campaign fund-raiser for Gov. Blagojevich and Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama and one of the governor’s closest advisers — is now a convicted felon.
A federal jury in Chicago convicted Rezko this afternoon on 16 of 24 charges he faced in a political corruption trial that cast a harsh light on the Blagojevich administration.
The verdict, reached after deliberations that spanned 12 days, could give federal authorities new ammunition in their probe of the governor’s campaign and his administration. They already have subpoenaed Blagojevich’s campaign fund, scrutinized his donors, looked into his wife’s real estate dealings and questioned potential witnesses about whether they were promised anything in return for campaign contributions, sources told the Sun-Times.
Barack had no comment.
t/b: Michelle Malkin
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Obama is next!!!
4 Jun 08 at 9:35 pm
hussein obama needs criminals, racists and marxists for friends because upstanding Americans wont have anything to do with him. hussein obama is trash.
4 Jun 08 at 9:36 pm
Obama belongs in prison just like Rezko!!!
They both criminals!!!
4 Jun 08 at 9:40 pm
I smell a plea bargain for testifying against Obama. And time off for Rekzo!!!
4 Jun 08 at 9:47 pm
A plea bargain for testifying against Obama…sounds about right. I like it!
4 Jun 08 at 11:40 pm
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6 Jun 08 at 10:37 am
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