Rezko Trial Delayed One Week

[BeatleBoot]

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4228794&page=1


Indicted by Patrick Fitzgerald for alleged extortion, Obama's top fundraiser gets a another week to prepare for trial.

[ursi]

1. that story is 9 days old

[BeatleBoot]

3. And by the end of the month it will be all over the tele

The free ride is about to come to an end.

[jillan]

2. This needs to get resolved soon.

I don't want things coming out when and if Obama is our nominee.

Better to know if there is nothing to this now rather than later.

[jackson_dem]

4. Rezko bails out Obama gain. Now the trial will begin the day before the Texas, Ohio primaries

That is too late to damage him. He may have the nomination effectively clinched by the time the trial really gets going.

[mckeown1128]

5. damage him how?

Obama has NOTHING to do with the Rezko trial.

[jackson_dem]

6. Imagine the Democratic nominee subpoened to testify in the trial

That alone would be horrible pr.

[BeatleBoot]

7. Thank God someone is Thinking around here, now!

Wow, I thought this place was lost to the BHO KoolAid.

I feel like I'm in a horror movie or a bad dream where no matter who you converse with, everyone around is not listening.


Straight up.

Grave concern for the future of the party.

[mckeown1128]

9. Those involved in the trial said he would not be called to testify.

He has NOTHING to do with Rezko's personal crimes. Remember, Rezko was a well known person in Chicago, back when he and Obama knew each other. All of Rezko's problems are new and unconnected to Obama. There is no connection.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

8. GET THE FACTS: THE REZKO PRIMAR

THE REZKO PRIMAR BY ARCH PUNDIT

THE REZKO PRIMAR BY ARCH PUNDIT

The best synopsis of the Obama Rezko relationship was done by the Trib on January 23rd:

Both men declined to comment on their once-close friendship. Obama has been accused of no wrongdoing involving Rezko and has insisted that he never used his office to benefit Rezko.

Thus far, there is little in the public record to suggest otherwise, and the few exceptions that have come to light appear minor. On Capitol Hill, Obama once gave a summer internship to the son of a Rezko business associate on Rezko’s recommendation. Earlier, as a state senator, Obama was one of several South Side political and community leaders who wrote state and city officials urging approval of public funding for a senior housing project involving Rezko.

But when Rezko pushed for passage in Springfield of a major gambling measure, Obama vocally opposed it.

Obama publicly apologized for his 2005 property deal with Rezko, calling it “boneheaded” because Rezko was widely reported to be under grand jury investigation at the time. And Obama has given to charities $85,000 in Rezko-linked campaign contributions, including $40,035 last weekend following a published report suggesting that Rezko funneled a $10,000 donation to Obama through a business associate. Aides to Obama say the senator had no knowledge of any such scheme.


Rezko is tied to nearly every major politician in Illinois over the last couple decades going back to Jim Edgar under whom he received his first state contract. Rezko’s reputation as a slumlord largely got started after Obama was not practicing law full time and was largely dealt with by the City of Chicago and not state government entities.


FOR A FULL OVER VIEW SEE THE ARCH PUNDIT'S PRIMAR ON REZKO
http://archpundit.com/blog/2008/01/24/the-rezko-primer /

[Freida5]

10. I would not be surprised by the trial being delayed until after Texas/Ohio primaries