Rahm on Tape with Blago?

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[quote=Riot]Why do suppose then that the Feds, who have heard those conversations (while Sneed hasn't), have already said there's nothing on the tapes of any concern reference Obama's office?

Missed the news conference where Fitzgerald said there's nothing on the tapes of any concern reference Obama's office? Remember him saying there will likely be more to come out and more arrests were possible but missed the one where he mentioned Obama. I'm willing to wait to hear the tapes.

Oh and by the way under no circumstances do I want the former f'n Gov Ryan, who happens to be a Republican, to be pardoned. Let him think about the Willis family from behind bars.

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Oh and by the way under no circumstances do I want the former f'n Gov Ryan, who happens to be a Republican, to be pardoned. Let him think about the Willis family from behind bars.

Geesh, I miss my home state ... One of the comedy shows said that one has better odds of going to jail if you are an Illinois governor, than if you commit murder.

I'm worried about what all the lawyers coming out of the woodwork on the news shows are saying ... that Blago may be an unethical scumbag, but he hasn't yet done anything technically illegal (that we've heard).

The "no concern to Obama" comment was in the first press conference by the State's attorney.

Emanual is a tough SOB you don't want to mess with, but the rep people always talked about (during the Clinton years, and in Chicago) is that he's a honest tough SOB (he's loath to do anything illegal).

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Originally Posted by Riot

Geesh, I miss my home state ... One of the comedy shows said that one has better odds of going to jail if you are an Illinois governor, than if you commit murder.

I'm worried about what all the lawyers coming out of the woodwork on the news shows are saying ... that Blago may be an unethical scumbag, but he hasn't yet done anything technically illegal (that we've heard).

The "no concern to Obama" comment was in the first press conference by the State's attorney.

Emanual is a tough SOB you don't want to mess with, but the rep people always talked about (during the Clinton years, and in Chicago) is that he's a honest tough SOB (he's loath to do anything illegal).

they'll nail him for conspiracy to sell the seat. it doesn't matter that he didn't actually complete the transaction (which is what the defense attorney will argue).

they don't wait for someone to actually bomb a building. if the evidence is there, they'll make the conspiracy charge and stop the illegal act before it occurs. same thing here.

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I remember Fitzgerald decribing it as corruption crime spree.


corruption crime spree = RICO

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Did did go back and read the transcript of Fitzgerald's Press conference and Found nothing exonerating Obama or for that matter anyone at all. What I did find was:

http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008...erence_on.html transcript of Fitzgerald press conference.

Q Also would you address the fact -- and I know you've referred to this -- would you just address whether or not President-elect Obama was aware that any of these things were taking place?
MR. FITZGERALD: Okay. I'm not going to speak for what the president-elect was aware of. We make no allegations that he's aware of anything, and that's as simply as I can put it.

Q In the briefings that President-elect Obama has had over the past weeks with various government departments here, would it be possible for him to have been briefed on what was going on here with regard to this investigation?
MR. FITZGERALD: I'm not going to comment on that. I'm not the briefer. I'm not at those meetings. But I would simply say that this was very close-hold in Washington, and on a need-to-know basis. So I'm -- but I'm not going to -- I'm not the briefer, so I'm not going to represent what happens. But -- I'll leave it at that.

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Missed the news conference where Fitzgerald said there's nothing on the tapes of any concern reference Obama's office? Remember him saying there will likely be more to come out and more arrests were possible but missed the one where he mentioned Obama. I'm willing to wait to hear the tapes.

I tried to find the articles with the original press conference (not sure if I watched it or read it), but all I could find were repeated references to it (check out MediaMatters for one)

"Prosecutor and U.S. attorney Patrick Fitzgerald stated during a December 9 press conference that the criminal complaint "makes no allegations about the president-elect whatsoever -- his conduct," and Fitzgerald cautioned the press to "not cast aspersions on people for being named or being discussed or if you learn they're being interviewed."

Then Fitzgerald went on to point out where Blago called Obama a muther-effer for offering nothing but appreciation if he puts Obama's candidate in the Senate seat.

Obama a few days ago wanted to put out details of the conversations his office had with Blago's office, but the Prosecutor asked them not to do that yet.