Antoin Rezko

So Much For Cooperation: Rezko Still In Solitary Confinement

Chicago Tribune | Jeff Coen | Posted 11.19.2008 | Chicago

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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 08.20.2008 | Chicago

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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 04.14.2008 | Politics

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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 03.23.2008 | Politics

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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: Ties To Rezko Show I'm A Washington Outsider

Huffington Post | Posted 03.17.2008 | Politics

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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 Prepares For Full Assault On Clinton's Ethics

Huffington Post | Posted 03.16.2008 | Politics

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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 03.16.2008 | Politics

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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 Admits More Extensive Rezko Ties

AP | David Jackson | Posted 03.14.2008 | Politics

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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 03.09.2008 | Politics

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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 03.06.2008 | Politics

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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 03.03.2008 | Politics

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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 03.02.2008 | Politics

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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 02.26.2008 | Politics

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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 02.18.2008 | Politics

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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 01.31.2008 | Politics

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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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Obama's Faustian Bargain with Antoin 'Tony' Rezko

Taylor Marsh | Posted 01.23.2008 | Politics

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Obama won't mention the name of the guy who made his rise to political prominence possible out loud, with the aid of a mostly negligent press.

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Michael Roston

Dems' Dirty Donors: A Rogues' Gallery

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Roston | Posted 09.19.2007 | Politics

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Senator Hillary Clinton's campaign for President announced last week that it would give back $850,000 in donations bundled together by fugitive 'Hil...

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