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Rezko: Feds pushed for dirt on Obama

politico.com — Imprisoned Chicago businessman Antoin “Tony” Rezko has accused federal prosecutors of improperly pressuring him to implicate Barack Obama in a corruption case.

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  • SirPopper, on 06/12/2008, -1/+8Politico: "In a letter to the U.S. District judge who presided over his trial, Rezko, who was convicted this month of 16 corruption-related counts including fraud and money laundering, called prosecutors “overzealous.” And he singled out what he said were their efforts to get him to turn on Obama, an Illinois Senator and the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, and Illinois Gov. Rod Bagojevich."

    url to the letter: http://www.politico.com/static/PPM103_rezko_sbh444 ...
  • Ridgeliner7, on 06/12/2008, -7/+2Yeah....I remember Nixon saying the same. Maybe Rezko figures if he tries to help Obama, he can get a pardon eventually! Good luck with that one, Obama's way smarter than Bill Clinton!
    • wynja, on 06/13/2008, -1/+2FFS, Nixon was a Republican that broke into the Democratic Campaign Headquarters when he was a sure win. How the ***** is Obama anything like Nixon?
      • CryRightardCry, on 06/13/2008, -0/+4He's not at all.
        It's just some ***** rightard trying to change the subject.
        Kudos to you ridgeliner7, for trying to derail things.
        LOL
        These rightards are so f'n pathetic.
        Comparing Obama to NIXON, shamed Republican?
        You are so dumb it's sad, ridge.
  • DWalla, on 06/12/2008, -0/+5Party X works to expose dirt on Party Y.... simultaneously Party Y is attempting to expose dirt on Party X.

    Yup... sounds like politics to me.

    Both parties are dirty. Don't pretend yours isn't.
  • seanberry, on 06/13/2008, -4/+1You can't implicate Obama if he did something wrong that would be "racist".
    • wynja, on 06/13/2008, -0/+1“I have never been party to any wrongdoing that involved the governor or the senator. I will never fabricate lies about anyone else for selfish purposes. I will take what comes my way, but I will never hurt innocent people.”
    • thefirstenemy, on 06/13/2008, -0/+2I've never seen Obama or surrogate of Obama call any criticism of him as racist. There have been idiots who have suggested racist things, but I don't believe the Obama campaign ever labeled them as racist. An apology may have been expected, but that was it.

      Compare that with McCain, who at any time anything is suggested he is unfit to lead is ageist. Call McCain out on not knowing the difference between Sunni and Shia? You're obviously saying he's too old to be president. Point out McCain can't use a computer in 2008? Ageist. Suggest McCain is a flip-flopper on positions such as Iraq, social security, finance reform, say perhaps he's "confused" on facts, well you're just an ageist.
  • wynja, on 06/13/2008, -0/+3Does this surprise anyone what with the Justice Department fiasco over the last 8 years?
  • EatingPie, on 06/13/2008, -3/+1This guy is corrupt to the core, and he is making damning statements against the people who *prosecuted* him. Is his word really trustworthy at all? Trustworthy enough to get any diggs?

    -Pie
    • suzywang3000, on 06/13/2008, -1/+2it's so awesome the way you sign off:

      -Pie

      ... just so cool.
    • swrostmore, on 06/16/2008, -0/+1Is the word of someone who signs his posts really trustworthy at all? Trustworthy enough to get any diggs?

      -More
  • waggdogg, on 06/14/2008, -1/+1Rezko helped Obama buy his new home with his personal money, the side lot, and help him get a $300,000 price reduction. Pay back?
  • EatingPie, on 06/14/2008, -3/+1Interesting to me that diggers rag heavily on Fox news because of their bias. Now here we have a convicted criminal providing "news" about those who prosecuted him, and it's submitted as though it's legitimate.

    -Pie
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