ArchPundit (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
Via Rich Chicago Business News Durbin told a news conference that he first wants to sit down with the city’s top federal prosecutor and ask him what he wants in the future. Asked if he would recommend that President-elect Barack Obama renominate Fitzgerald, Durbin said: “Yes.” “I think he has done an extraordinary job as U.S. attorney; I [...]
Marathon Pundit (Free subscription) | 11/23/2008
Yesterday I posted an entry regarding Governor Rod Blagojevich not returning Sen. Dick Durbin's calls. "Blago," who is being investigated by the office of Patrick Fitzgerald, might be wishing he was more courteous to his fellow Democrat. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said Friday that he will recommend another term for corruption-busting federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald if he...
ILLINOIZE (Free subscription) | 11/22/2008
Guess this is what happens to the Gov when he doesn't return Durbin's phone calls. From Mike Robinson at the AP , U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said Friday that he will recommend another term for corruption-busting federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald if he wants to stay on as Chicago’s U.S. attorney. Durbin told a news conference that he first wants to sit down with Fitzgerald and ask...
Red State (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Is Rod Blagojevich breathing a little easier now? First, let's set the scenario. To recap: Eric Holder vetted the Marc Rich pardon for the Clinton White House ; Scooter Libby was one of Rich's lawyers; and Patrick Fitzgerald was one of the attorneys going after Rich . With me so far? Now read this 2002 article, from the New York Times : Panel Says Top Justice Dept. Aide Held Information...
Alex Constantine's Blacklist (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008
... Irish Catholic federal prosecutor will reappointed by President-elect Obama. If so, Patrick Fitzgerald will continue to prosecute more members of the bipartisan combine which runs this town and state. For now, he is a distinct threat to the man known as Richard II, Mayor Richard M. Daley, the Democratic apparatus here including the governor-and very possibly Obama. So don’t hold your...
illinoisreview (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
by Cal Skinner If Rahm Emanuel is going to be President-elect Barack Obama's chief of staff, can the removal of Chicago U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald be far behind? Fitzgerald, of course, had the audacity to put in a court document...
Hot Air (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
The Chicago Tribune wants assurances that Barack Obama will keep at least one of his campaign promises. Patrick Fitzgerald, as a political appointee, serves as US Attorney only as long as it pleases the President. Will Obama replace Fitzgerald just as his investigation into the Chicago Machine begins to put some of the President-elect’s political allies in his crosshairs? [...]...
Rants of a Jewish Republican (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
The IllinoisReview blog had an interesting discussion on the prospect of U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald being appointed as Attorney General. http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/11/getting-rid-of.html I would bet the mortgage that it will not happen, I seriously doubt they want him anywhere near Obama, especially with his desire to get everything Tony Rezko has.....
ArchPundit (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Stuart Levine. Each has been implicated in the ongoing investigation spearheaded by U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald. “The cost of corruption is real,” Giannoulias said. “If these corrupt insiders had not been successful in thwarting this worthwhile proposal, the state retirement systems would have saved substantial amounts of money over the last five years.” The Trib covers it as...
Vincent G. Rinn Law Library (Free subscription) | 10/22/2008
The US Attorneys Office for the Northern District of Illinois has indicted former Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge for obstruction of justice and perjury stemming from statements that Burge made in the civil suit of Hobley v. Burge, et al.,...
illinoisreview (Free subscription) | 11/29/2008
GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips for November 29, 2008 includes news and commentaries on the following topics: Republican Party candidates, elected officials, party leaders, and events Republican Party platform issues including promoting a strong national defense, respect for the rule of...
The Sixth Ward (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
We hear from Patrick Fitzgerald in the Lake Count News-Sun : "We may think we can prosecute and incarcerate our way to a less violent society, but it is going to take more than that." U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said that Tuesday in his speech to the Lake County Bar Association at Greenbelt Forest Preserve. Fitzgerald said public corruption gets all the headlines...
The Economist (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
If we had proof enough, and time. JUSTICE can be a coy mistress. For those disappointed by Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation into the leak of Valerie Plame's CIA role comes this story from South Texas. Charges against Dick Cheney and Alberto Gonzales centre around Mr Cheney's ownership of stakes in private prison firms. These received federal contracts and are said to have benefited...
Political Animal (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
... the box.There is also a thorny local controversy. Should the new president replace U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, who prosecuted Mr. Obama's fund-raising patron, Tony Rezko, and is investigating high-profile Democrats'First, Karl Rove is offering advice about the politics of replacing U.S. Attorneys, which on its face is comical. Second, as I recall, Rove had his own experiences...
WhitesCreek Journal (Free subscription) | 11/22/2008
... Scooter Libby, who took the fall for Karl Rove and Dick Cheney. His crime was obstructing justice. Patrick Fitzgerald pointedly stated that Libby covered up for Cheney and Rove, essentially hiding acts of treason from American Justice. A group of Democrats have stepped forward and introduced a resolution asking President Bush to not issue "pre-emptive pardons" which our founders never...
