Antoin Rezko

Former Blagojevich Fundraiser Gets 10 1/2 Years In Prison

AP | Posted 11.22.2011

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CHICAGO (AP) — A former top fundraiser for ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich, convicted of pressuring firms for kickbacks as part of a political pay-to-pl...

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Former Blagojevich Fundraiser To Be Sentenced

AP | TAMMY WEBBER and KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 01.22.2012

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CHICAGO — A former top fundraiser for Rod Blagojevich was sentenced Tuesday to 10 1/2 years in prison for pressuring businesses for millions in ...

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Tony Rezko's Lawyers Want Conviction Overturned, New Trial

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Attorneys for a former fundraiser of impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich have filed a motion asking for a new trial for their client. In a...

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Report: Giannoulias Family Bank Gave Tony Rezko Another Big Loan

Chicago Sun-Times | One Citizen Speaking... | Posted 05.25.2011

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By February 2006, businessman and political fixer Tony Rezko was already politically radioactive, caught up in a federal investigation that would see ...

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Blagojevich Trial: Ex Gov Was All About The Benjamins

Huffington Post | Janan Hanna | Posted 05.25.2011

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Living beyond his means, frustrated by his station in life as a $170,000-a-year public servant and sounding jealous and contemptuous of Barack Obama, ...

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Blagojevich Trial: Rezko's Role In Pay-To-Play Schemes Highlighted

Huffington Post | Janan Hanna | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ali Ata was repeatedly told that he was a "team player." He contributed handsomely to former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's campaign fund and was rewarded w...

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Tony Rezko's Wilmette Mansion Sold

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Wilmette home of convicted political fixer and influence peddler Tony Rezko has been sold. A buyer has been found for the 30-room mansion at 1250...

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Rezko's Wilmette Home To Be Auctioned By Bank

Crain's Chicago Business | Andrew Schroedter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bank of America will auction off Antoin "Tony" Rezko's north suburban mansion early next month to try to recoup part of the imprisoned developer's pas...

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Obama And Blagojevich's Distant Relationship: They Haven't Talked For More Than A Year

HuffPost/NYT/WP | Posted 05.25.2011

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President-elect Obama's history with disgraced Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich is dissected in several reports, including stories of how the men hav...

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So Much For Cooperation: Rezko Still In Solitary Confinement

Chicago Tribune | Jeff Coen | Posted 05.25.2011

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It was a memorable moment in the run-up to the corruption trial of Antoin "Tony" Rezko when the onetime political high roller complained to a judge th...

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Rezko Sentencing Delayed

Chicago Tribune | Jeff Coen | Posted 05.25.2011

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The sentencing of convicted political fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko has been delayed for more than a month by a federal judge. U.S. District Judge ...

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Obama Attended Rezko Reception For Controversial Iraqi Billionaire

Chicago Sun Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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When Iraqi-born billionaire Nadhmi Auchi attended an April 3, 2004 reception for himself at Tony Rezko's home White House hopeful Barack Obama, and hi...

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Obama Releases New Papers Detailing Rezko Connection

Chicago Tribune | David Jackson and John McCormick | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Barack Obama's campaign released a new set of documents Saturday in its ongoing effort to paint the Illinois Democrat as more open and transparen...

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Obama Prepares For Full Assault On Clinton's Ethics

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Chicago Tribune reports that Barack Obama's is pushing this week for greater transparency in his campaign as part of a plan to launch a head-on at...

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Chicago Tribune: Obama Satisfied All Doubts About Rezko

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

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U.S. Sen. Barack Obama waited 16 months to attempt the exorcism. But when he finally sat down with the Tribune editorial board Friday, Obama offered a...

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Obama: Ties To Rezko Show I'm A Washington Outsider

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama will appear tonight in an interview for PBS. When asked about his connection with indicted fundraiser Tony Rezko, he offers a novel explanation...

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Obama Admits More Extensive Rezko Ties

AP | David Jackson | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Presidential candidate Barack Obama said Friday that he got more political money from indicted Chicago businessman Antoin "Tony" Rezko...

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Clinton Got Money From Rezko Codefendants

Daily Kos | First Amendment | Posted 05.25.2011

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The vetting of the Clinton's is just beginning. This was a risky strategy by the Clinton's in the first place, because the boomerang effect will expos...

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Chicago Columnist: Obama Still Owes Answers On House Deal

Sun Times | Mark Brown | Posted 05.25.2011

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Even I'm a little leery of writing another Barack Obama-Tony Rezko column at this point. After Hillary Clinton's resurgence in Tuesday's primaries, t...

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Rezko Trial Begins Today

Chicago Tribune | Jeff Coen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Antoin "Tony" Rezko is set to go on trial Monday, but the defense is expected at every opportunity to try to put his chief accuser on trial as well. ...

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Rezko Obama Questions Linger As Trial Approaches

NY Times | MIKE McINTIRE and CHRISTOPHER DREW | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tony Rezko was obviously in trouble. He was a defendant in at least a dozen lawsuits, federal investigators in Chicago were poking around, and his nam...

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Obama Likely To Come Up In Rezko Trial

Chicago Tribune | Bob Secter | Posted 05.25.2011

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The name of Democratic presidential front-runner Barack Obama is likely to brush up against the impending federal corruption trial of Antoin "Tony" Re...

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Home Sellers Dispute Claim That Obama Got Discounted Price Through Rezko

Bloomberg | Timothy Burger | Posted 05.25.2011

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The couple who sold Barack Obama his Chicago home said the Illinois senator's $1.65 million bid "was the best offer'' and they didn't cut their asking...

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Clinton Co-Chair Took Checks From Rezko

AP | MICHAEL R. BLOOD | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a national co-chair of Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign, banked at least $7,500 in polit...

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