Christopher Kelly, a longtime friend and adviser to Gov. Rod Blagojevich, pleaded guilty in federal court this afternoon to filing false tax returns that concealed his use of corporate funds to cover gambling debts.
Kelly, 51, answered with a strong “guilty” when asked how he would plead by U.S. District Judge Elaine Bucklo. He admitted to underreporting his commercial roofing company’s profits by nearly $500,000 between 2001 and 2005. […]
He now faces up to 8 years in prison when he is sentenced in April.
The entire team has quit in protest, according to the Tribune…
The legal team that has represented embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich in impeachment proceedings in Springfield has stepped down in protest before the governor’s trial in the Illinois Senate, the Tribune has learned.
The legal team that has represented embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich in impeachment proceedings in Springfield has stepped down in protest before the governor’s trial in the Illinois Senate, the Tribune has learned.
Blagojevich’s lawyers believe the process has become “fundamentally unfair” because they have had too little time to prepare for the Senate trial and have been denied subpoena power to call their own witnesses.
The governor’s lawyers had been asked to file an appearance on his behalf by Monday. The Senate trial is scheduled to begin on Jan. 26.
“I had never committed to the Senate trial, and I will not file an appearance,” said Ed Genson, who deferred further comment to a statement from the Adams.
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Ed Genson......slimeball lawyer for the crooks, Blago, Conrad Black,
Oh, ya and then there was the R Kelly case
but the profile Devil's Advocate
And Christopher Kelly pleading guilty.....that is not good for Blago, but his arrestee mate Harris might be singing like a songbird to the Feds.
John Kas from the tribune calls what Blago has Fed-itis, a disease that spreads.
John Kas says Mayor Daley has Fed-heimers, as anything to do with corruption, Daley has no memory of people and events surrounding it.
But Blago has Fed-itis bad and how many close to him have caught the disease? Chris Kelly may have caught it from Blago, or given it to him.
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