Rezko witness says plan was for Hastert to pick a hack to replace prosecutor Fitzgerald
April 29th, 2008 at 08:58am Pat Cunningham
Last week, I passed along a REPORT that a potential witness in the Tony Rezko corruption trial was prepared to testify about efforts involving the White House to get U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald fired.
Now we have TESTIMONY from another witness to the effect that the plan was for Fitzgerald to be succeeded by a hack chosen by then-House Speaker Dennis Hastert and that said hack would kill the federal investigation of Rezko’s questionable activities.
Entry Filed under: Patrick Fitzgerald, Dennis Hastert, Tony Rezko
8 Comments Add your own
1. Mike Carroll | April 29th, 2008 at 9:09 am
This strikes me as a pretty slender reed but I’ll keep an open mind which will distinguish me from most contributors to this site.
2. Pat Cunningham | April 29th, 2008 at 9:43 am
Hey, I’m only passing along this Rezko stuff. As Rhett Butler said: Frankly, I don’t give a damn. (He actually said “Frankly, my dear…,” but I’m not gonna use that term with you, Mike.)
3. Mike Carroll | April 29th, 2008 at 9:48 am
Thank You
4. Menlo Bob | April 29th, 2008 at 10:01 am
Hey Sauce, don’t you think it’s noteworthy that some people wanted to be rid of Patrick Fitzgerald–but no one actually did it? Could it be that the beloved Bush administration wants nothing to do with efforts to excuse corruption–especially that which might have been done by a party signified by half-breed horse?
5. Pat Cunningham | April 29th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Bob: As I’ve explained before, Fitzgerald’s appointment as special prosecutor in the Valerie Plame case made him pretty much politically immune from firing.
6. Menlo Bob | April 29th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
I understand that but what’s the motivation to fire Fitzgerald in order to help Rezko?
7. Menlo Bob | April 30th, 2008 at 12:00 am
Dead end on that one eh?
8. Pat Cunningham | April 30th, 2008 at 6:14 am
The apparent motivation, Bob, would be to put an end to some of Fitz’s investigations of corruption among certain Illinois Republicans and Democrats in alike.
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