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* My life as an FBI mole…
Sources said Thomas helped investigators build a record of repeat visits to the old offices of Rezko and former business partner Daniel Mahru’s Rezmar Corp., at 853 N. Elston, by Blagojevich and Obama during 2004 and 2005.
In one case, sources said, Thomas told authorities he saw a Rezmar employee pass an envelope with a visible wad of bills to an unidentified Blagojevich aide.
* Insiders to testify on Rezko’s clout…
“Individuals who helped select and process candidates for boards and commissions will testify that Rezko had weekly meetings with the head of patronage for the [Blagojevich] administration, where Rezko provided names of individuals he wanted appointed to certain boards,” prosecutors wrote in a 31-page document filed late Wednesday.
* Blagojevich fights order to release federal subpoenas…
Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s administration says it has new, secret evidence to warrant keeping the public from seeing federal subpoenas it has received.
Lawyers for the Democrat filed court papers Feb. 8 asking a judge to reverse his ruling of a month ago to release subpoenas from the U.S. attorney. “Newly discovered evidence” makes it important to keep the documents secret, they said.
But they also requested to file the documents in secrecy and no information about them was included in the filing.
Laski claims Daley invited him into his private City Hall conference room and asked if he’d heard “from anybody down the street.” — Hizzoner’s reference to the feds — during a probe of alleged time-sheet fraud at City Hall. […]
When Laski said, “No!” Daley offered to give him some advice.
Quoth Laski: “He spoke quietly as if we were being bugged. He told me, in a very serious tone of voice, that, in order to survive in this business, I had to have a buffer.
* Decoding Rezko: Breaking down his pending trial
* Blagojevich fundraiser got loan from billionaire tied to Rezko; more here
The loan came from General Mediterranean Holdings, a company based in Luxembourg and headed by Nadhmi Auchi, a London-based Iraqi who is currently appealing a fraud conviction in France.
* Federal prosecutors counter defense bid to bar evidence in Tony Rezko fraud trial
* Cellini allegedly key player with Rezko
* Ex-gov Edgar says Rezko reflects more on Blagojevich than Obama
* Fitzgerald: Public key in corruption battle
* The witness list
* Government’s reply to Defendant’s response
* Government’s evidentiary proffer supporting the admissibility of co-schemer statements
posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Feb 11, 08 @ 12:41 pm
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