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Rezko convicted

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 3:36 pm
by themanintheseersuckersuit
Chicago Sun Times
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.

Re: Rezko convicted

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 4:37 pm
by Bob78164
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:Chicago Sun Times
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 story I read emphasized that although Blagojevich's name came up frequently during the trial, Obama's name hardly came up at all. --Bob