Eye on Rezko – News, tidbits and an inside view of the Tony Rezko trial
Talks between the government and political fund-raiser Tony Rezko appear to have hit a stumbling block.
Late today, Rezko’s lawyers filed a motion with U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve asking her to “set the earliest possible date for his sentencing.”
Just last October, both Rezko’s lawyers and prosecutors agreed to indefinitely delay his sentencing because, according to sources, the former adviser to Gov. Blagojevich and fund-raiser of President-elect Barack Obama began providing information to prosecutors.
Rezko was convicted in June of wideranging corruption tied to state deals.
If Rezko signed on to cooperate with the government, he more than likely would not be sentenced until after his cooperation was completed. That usually involves testifying before a grand jury or at trial.
Rezko is being housed in solitary confinement at the Metropolitan Correctional Center — something that appears to be a sticking point with Rezko.
“Mr. Rezko has remained in solitary confinement at the MCC since June 4, 2008, the day of the jury’s verdict, and can no longer agree to delay sentencing,” his lawyers wrote in the court papers.
It was Rezko who volunteered to surrender to jail immediately.
Sources say there have been some hangups in talks with Rezko, including the government suspecting his attempting to minimize his role in potential wrongdoing he’s telling them about.
They say the latest request may be a game of chicken with Rezko trying to force the government into advocating better accommodations for him if he’s to cooperate.
Read details from June 5, 2008 to November 26, 2008 here:
SOURCE: Sun-Times
Is Tony Rezko being told not to talk? Delay of the trial until after the election sure looks strange to this American! What say you?
Update LINK: What? No plea deal, Tony?
Tony asked for a sentencing date and U.S. District Court Judge Amy St. Eve set it for January 6, 2009.
From a Yurpeen blog
“… from university through election to the US presidency, every step of his career was either arranged for him by, or served to further the cause of, black ultra-racists, black racial shakedown thugs, terrorists, felons, scam-artists, blackmail and economic mayhem organizations (e.g. ACORN), and communists. Just a sample of the names linked irrefutably to the 44th U.S. President includes Saul Alinsky, Frank Marshall Davis, Khalid al-Mansoor, Antoine Rezko, Bill Ayers, Jeremiah Wright, Nadhmi Auchi, Louis Farrakhan, Franklin Raines, and Raila Odinga.”
When the pundits tell us that the O-years will be a third Clinton term, my reaction is to wait and see. A lot of these Clinton retreads he’s hiring are perfectly fine with a radical program. Previously, they served an administration driven by poll numbers and constrained by a Republican Congress. But now …
Steve Elliot is putting together a resistance to the “radical program” over at: http://www.grassfire.org