Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Fundraiser for Ill.'s governor charged


Looks like Gov. Rod Blagojevich's top adviser is in a heap of trouble..

CHICAGO - A top adviser and fundraiser for Gov. Rod Blagojevich has been indicted on charges of scheming to collect "millions of dollars in undisclosed kickbacks" involving the Illinois Teachers Retirement System, federal prosecutors disclosed Wednesday
Businessman Antoin "Tony" Rezko was charged in the federal indictment with operating a fraud scheme along with millionaire political contributor Stuart Levine and other insiders.

The indictment was unsealed Wednesday morning. U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald was to announce details at an afternoon news conference. CHICAGO - A top adviser and fundraiser for Gov. Rod Blagojevich has been indicted on charges of scheming to collect "millions of dollars in undisclosed kickbacks" involving the Illinois Teachers Retirement System, federal prosecutors disclosed Wednesday
Businessman Antoin "Tony" Rezko was charged in the federal indictment with operating a fraud scheme along with millionaire political contributor Stuart Levine and other insiders.
The indictment was unsealed Wednesday morning. U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald was to announce details at an afternoon news conference. More on the story.

Here is the video of Fitzgerald's conference.


Good job Fitz and team!

2 comments:

Kay Shelton said...

Eeeeeaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!

Baloneybitch never looked like such a used car dealer than in *that* picture. He looks downright creepy!!!!

SP Biloxi said...

Hello Night Owl,

Good to see you! Yeah, he looks like a used car salesman. Fitz's picture from the press conference wasn't available so I put Bloneybitch's pic on there. Well, he and his buddy got caught! Cheers to Fitz!