Highlights
A politically connected businessman, Rezko was convicted of corruption charges in 2008 for trading on his clout as a top adviser and fundraiser to Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Rezko was found guilty on 16 of 24 counts. He was acquitted of attempted extortion. The jury deliberated for parts of 13 days in downtown Chicago before convicting Rezko of scheming with Stuart Levine, a longtime Republican insider, to extort millions of dollars from firms seeking state business or regulatory approval. U.S. Sen. Barack Obama once counted Rezko as a friend and fundraiser. Sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 3.
A politically connected businessman, Rezko was convicted of corruption charges in 2008 for trading on his clout as a top adviser and fundraiser to Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Rezko was found guilty on 16 of 24 counts. He was acquitted of attempted extortion. The jury deliberated for parts of 13 days in downtown Chicago before convicting Rezko of scheming with Stuart Levine, a longtime Republican insider, to extort millions of dollars from firms seeking state business or regulatory approval. U.S. Sen. Barack Obama once counted Rezko as a friend and fundraiser. Sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 3.
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Ill. Treasurer Giannoulias wants pensions pooled
Associated Press WriterIllinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias on Monday proposed pooling the investments of five state-funded pension systems into a new, single system to save money and ward off corruption. Lawmakers need to approve Giannoulias' plan to create the new...Tags: Retirement, Wages and Pensions, Pension and Welfare, Mutual Funds, Interior Policy
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Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias to propose combining state pension investments
Tribune reporterIllinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias is pushing a plan to pool billions in state pension investments as a way to cut costs and curtail corruption in the wake of a federal probe into how the lucrative business is doled out. The state could save $50...Tags: Retirement, Wages and Pensions, Laws, Values, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Rezko attorneys pushing judge to set sentencing date
Tribune reporterAntoin "Tony" Rezko's frustration over months in solitary confinement came to a boil this week as his attorneys filed a motion for the judge in his corruption case to immediately set a sentencing date for the convicted political fundraiser. Sentencing...Tags: Manchester Community College, Corporate Crime, Justice System, Corrupt Practices, Values
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Convicted fundraiser Rezko wants sentencing date; could signal end of cooperation with feds
CHICAGO (AP) _ The pivotal figure in a major Illinois political corruption scandal asked Wednesday for a federal judge to set a sentencing date, a signal that he may have ended his cooperation with prosecutors in an ongoing investigation. Antoin "Tony"...Tags: Barack Obama, Justice System, Corrupt Practices, Trials, Values
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Obamas keeping Kenwood abuzz
Tribune reportersFranklin Roosevelt had Warm Springs, John Kennedy slipped off to Hyannisport, Ronald Reagan chopped wood near Santa Barbara and George W. Bush enjoys clearing brush in the muggy summer heat of Crawford, Texas. Presidential lore is filled with tales of...Tags: Barack Obama, Texas, Hyde Park, Trips and Vacations, Homes
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GOP pokes Obama on 'Barackbook'
Barack Obama's history-making win Nov. 4 has not softened critics' claims about the president-elect's relationships and associations. On Barackbook.com, a spoof on popular social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace, visitors can read up on...Tags: Barack Obama, Republican Party, Facebook, 2008 U.S. Presidential Election, The White House
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Casting agents abound in call to assist Obama
The other day, I asked readers to help President-elect Barack Obama pick his Washington brain trust—to help bring all that change we can believe in—and an amazing thing happened. A gazillion suggestions poured in to nominate a cast of...Tags: Ozzie Guillen, Jesse Jackson, Fires, The White House, Bernardine Dohrn
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4 months after trial, Rezko is still in the same lousy lockup conditions he complained about
It was a memorable moment in the run-up to the corruption trial of Antoin "Tony" Rezko when the onetime political high roller complained to a judge that he had to share underwear at Chicago's federal jail. Rezko, used to a cushy life in his Wilmette...Tags: Justice System, Corporate Crime, Wilmette, Rod Blagojevich, Prisons
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Fast Eddie better hope Poor Billy doesn't sing
Fast Eddie Vrdolyak has a nickname. Poor Billy Singer has none. "I'll never stab a guy in the back," Vrdolyak once told me. "Maybe in the front. But not in the back." He's been in the news lately because he pleaded guilty in a federal sting in a...Tags: Chicago Real Estate, Trials, William Singer, Transportation, Democratic National Conventions
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GOP power broker pleads not guilty in alleged plot to extort donation for Blagojevich campaign
Tribune reporterWilliam Cellini straightened his tie as he stepped toward a federal judge Friday during his first court appearance on charges of shaking down a Hollywood producer whose investment firm was seeking state business. Long reputed to be one of the most...Tags: Court Administration, Investments, Illinois, Justice System, Trials
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Connections could touch every somebody
Watching the quiet little man with the fresh Julius Caesar haircut plead innocent Friday to federal extortion and corruption charges, I wondered: Was I in Chicago, or in Rome before the fall? "Not guilty," said William Cellini, 74, in a whisper....Tags: Barack Obama, Local Elections, Corrupt Practices, Trials, Values
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Judge rejects new trial for Rezko
A federal judge denied a new trial Wednesday for convicted political fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko, ruling that testimony and undercover recordings heard at trial supported the jury's verdict in June. U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve found that...Tags: Witnesses, Justice System, Trials, Rod Blagojevich, Prosecution
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