Feds pushed for dirt on Obama from Rezko...

[mcctatas]

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

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.

“They are pressuring me to tell them the ‘wrong’ things that I supposedly know about Governor Bagojevich and Senator Obama,” Rezko wrote in an undated letter released by the court this week. “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.” "


http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/11041.html

[rurallib]

1. No one will raise an eyebrow because this is now the norm

in Bushco world.

[BOSSHOG]

2. Thats what the feds do

And how does one "fabricate lies?"

[maddezmom]

3. interesting, his own attorney wasn't aware of it

:shrug:

But Rezko’s lawyer, Joe Duffy, told the Chicago Tribune that he did not know of any investigation into Obama’s dealings with Rezko.

“I'm not aware of any impropriety related to Rezko and Obama,” Duffy told the Tribune. "At no point has the government ever asked me a single question about Obama, or any wrongdoing involving Rezko and Obama."

It’s not uncommon for prosecutors to try to get defendants to implicate more powerful or wealthy officials, said Stan Brand, who has represented scores of public officials both in private practice and as legal counsel to the U.S. House.

“Prosecutors are always interested in trading up,” Brand said. “They put subtle and sometimes not-so-subtle pressure on people.”

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4. as the article states....

“Prosecutors are always interested in trading up,” Brand said. “They put subtle and sometimes not-so-subtle pressure on people.” I would say that even if his own attorney isn't aware, no one actually seems surprised...

[maddezmom]

5. of course they leaned on him that's what they do

But the insinuation is that they(including Patrick Fitzgerald)wanted him to lie and if he did he would get prison. That I don't believe.