Patrick J. Fitzgerald just about has all Illinois Republicans in jail now

[NNN0LHI]

He can start to get serious with Bush and his cabal.

Line 'em up and watch US Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald knock 'em down.

Don

[cal04]

1. He'll be on tv in about an hour they just said

CBS news Chicago
http://wbbm.dayport.com/viewer/viewerpage.php?Art_ID=1002&tf=video_player.tpl&PreloadContract_DefID=1&Contract_DefID=2&Category_ID=5

[Greeby]

5. Call the PFEB and tell em to gather round

:D

[Ignacio Upton]

2. He might be going after Blagojevich and Daley

Illinois

Soon after becoming U.S. Attorney for Northern Illinois, Fitzgerald began an investigation of political appointees of Illinois Governor George Ryan (Republican), who were suspected of accepting bribes to give licenses to unqualified truck drivers. Fitzgerald soon expanded this investigation, uncovering a network of political bribery and gift-giving, and leading to more than 60 indictments. Ryan, who did not seek re-election in 2002, was indicted in December 2003.

On July 18, 2005, Fitzgerald's office indicted a number of top aides to Democrat Richard M. Daley, the mayor of Chicago, on charges of mail fraud, alleging numerous instances of corruption in hiring practices at City Hall. Fitzgerald is also investigating the administration of current Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. An investigation announced on December 30 2005 will review contracts between the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority and vendors who signed leases to occupy the recently remodeled Illinois Tollway oases. Fitzgerald's office is investigating possible conflicts of interest between these vendors and one of Blagojevich's top fundraisers, Antoin Rezko.

Senator Fitzgerald chose not to run for reelection in 2004, leaving U.S. Attorney Fitzgerald without a congressional patron. In the summer of 2005, there were rumors that he would not be reappointed to a second four-year term in retaliation for his vigorous, impartial, and largely leak-free investigations into corruption in Illinois and Chicago government, as well as for his investigation of the Plame scandal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Fitzgerald

[NNN0LHI]

3. If they are corrupt he should go after them too

If they are not he won't.

Don

[nickinSTL]

4. I certainly think that if they're corrupt, they deserve to be

brought down as well.

However, I'd much prefer if he left that until after finishing with the Bush Administration and their cronies...who are a bigger threat to the country, IMO.

[Jayhawk Lib]

6. I hope this means that

Fitzmas is coming. I hope it does because I am ready for Fitzmas!!

[lovuian]

7. Woohoo!!! Fitzy!!!

:woohoo:

[Tarheel_Dem]

8. I hope President Gore appts. this guy....

Atty General. That way, everybody, on both sides of the aisle, will keep their noses clean.

[Jeanette in FL]

9. What an excellent thought

Yep, everyone will have to keep their noses clean.

[madrchsod]

10. a lot of us here in illinois have been watching

fitzgerald work and have always known that he was going to get the players in the whitehouse. there were a few here at du that didn`t understand what he was all about and now they know.
blago and daley are next.

the people that work for him must be the best of the best

oh yes there`s the matter of the whitehouse tipping the new york times about the raid of the charities here in illinois.
fitzgerald was sanctioned by the judge over the matter...he had the case solid until the times called the charities and the evidence was gone.hmm..who called the times

[Catherine Vincent]

12. Scooter Libby called his old buddy Judith Miller?

Is that why Fitzy didn't care if she sat in jail all those days?

[madrchsod]

13. no i don`t think he had any info

that directly linked her to this . there was a decision by a federal judge in this part of the case and he may have dropped this angle because the case in chicago is over.

[mod mom]

11. Dear Mr Fitzgerald, Please stop by Ohio on your way back to DC. We have

a lot of crooks who need to be wearing orange in these parts (and it's on the way!).

[madrchsod]

14. Fitzgerald was brought to illinois by the former republican senator

to clean up corruption in illinois. i `m not sure if he thought the former governor would be the first politician to fall. yes,ohio makes illinois`s politicians look like petty thieves