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Doug Ross @ Journal —
... , "If [Obama] was running Blagojevich's campaign in 2002 what did he know about the $25,000 shakedown of Jesse Jackson, Jr.? " • ABC TV in Chicago reports that , in Blago's yute, he supposedly ran a gambling operation in conjunction with the mob. The ABC7 I-Team has learned that an attorney who went undercover for the FBI in the late 1980's says he told federal authorities years ago about wrongdoing by Blagojevich... [Robert] Cooley was a criminal defense lawyer in Chicago in the late 1980's who became one of the most potent witnesses against Chicago corruption, testifying ...
FBI Informant: Blago Was Bookie Who Paid Mob in '80s
News —
FBI Informant: Blago Was Bookie Who Paid Mob in '80s A former Chicago lawyer who went undercover for the FBI said that Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-Ill.) was once a bookmaker with ties to the mafia. Robert Cooley, who testified for the FBI in corruption cases, told ABC 7 in Chicago that Blagojevich paid the mob to let him operate as a bookie. "When I was working with government wearing wire, I reported, I observed Rod, the present governor, who was running a gambling operation out in the western suburbs," Cooley said. "He was paying street tax to the mob out there." Cooley also worked as a police officer, and his undercover work and testimony ...
Illinois Supreme Court Rejects Blago Fitness Claim As He Prepares for News Conference
JammieWearingFool —
... sell President-elect Barack Obama's former Senate seat. Instead, the reclusive lawmaker has stayed silent, only saying that he looks forward to speaking at the appropriate time. Is it any wonder why everyone in Illinois has been trying to tarnish guy as being out of his mind? They know he can brings the whole machine down with the things he knows and they want to get it out there that he can't be trusted. Maybe, But can you trust any of them ? Meanwhile, a federal informant claims Blagojevich used to be a bookie . Which begs the question: Why would he go into such a ...
Surprise... Blagojevich Was a Bookie For the Mob
Gateway Pundit —
Great... Obama helped put a bookie for the mob into the Illinois Governor's mansion. Nice work, Barack. Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, taking an oath next to Barack Obama pre-2008, allegedly said, "I want to make money" off the power to pick Obama's Senate successor. (NY Post) Lincoln is rolling over in his grave. ABC 7 reported: The ABC7 I-Team has learned that an attorney who went undercover for the FBI in the late 1980's says he told federal authorities years ago about ...
Illinois Supreme Court Declines to Hear Blagojevich Challenge
Patterico's Pontifications —
[Guest post by DRJ]
The Illinois Supreme Court today refused to hear Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s challenge claiming Governor Blagojevich should be removed from office under a disability provision.
That means the action will likely move to the Illinois capital where an impeachment panel is gearing up. In an appearance today, Blagojevich’s attorney Ed Genson claimed members of the panel have already made up their minds and should be disqualified. Genson also asked that the State agree to appoint and pay the attorneys’ fees, claiming the Attorney General - who he said would typically represent the ...
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FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
Obama's first big mistake - Rick Warren Speaking at Inauguration
Rick Warren, conservative author of “The Purpose Driven Life” book series and pastor at the Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Cal., will deliver the invocation at Barack Obama’s inauguration next month. This is change?
Warren, outspoken proponent of ...
ABC News Sat on Blago Bookie Mob Charge for Years
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
ABC News is reporting that an attorney that did undercover work for the FBI in the 1980's told federal authorities decades ago that Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was a bookmaker for the mob before he got into politics.
Former mob lawyer and Chicago cop Robert Cooley was so credible as an FBI informant that his work netted 24 corrupt judges, lawyers and cops in operation Gambat. Yet ABC news elected to not report the story during Blagojevich's 2006 re-election campaign because Cooley wanted to remain anonymous and the Governor denied the allegation.
"When I was working with government wearing wire, ...
Gates of Vienna News Feed 12/18/2008
Gates of Vienna —
... Blagojevich Was Bookie, Says Federal Informant The ABC7 I-Team has learned that an attorney who went undercover for the FBI in the late 1980’s says he told federal authorities years ago about wrongdoing by Blagojevich. His name is Robert Cooley. Cooley was a criminal defense lawyer in Chicago in the late 1980’s who became one of the most potent witnesses against Chicago corruption, testifying for federal prosecutors in cases that resulted in dozens of convictions. Cooley says that before Rod ...
