Dubious Articles Cast Doubt on Obama Rezko Story; GM Involved in GOP Assault on Rezko, Ali Ata Trial

[awaysidetraveler]

The Chicago Sun-Tribune first published the Obama-Rezko articles while the owner, Conrad Black, faced a trial by Patrick Fitzgerald and Judge St. Eves(1). That’s the same prosecution team who now oppose Antoin Rezko in court(2). The trial and its verdicts were considered widely controversial and suspicious(3). A jury found Conrad Black guilty of only four of the thirteen charges brought against him, but this was only after a juror by the name of Kelly discovered documents that were never presented by the defense (4). During this trial, George Galloway also won a libel suit against Conrad Black(5).

Patrick Fitzgerald and Judge St. Eves are controversial figures in both cases.

James Comey appointed Patrick Fitzgerald (6) to the position of Dept. of Justice Special Counsel after John Ashcroft, citing a conflict of interest, recused himself. During his investigation into the Libby scandal, Special Attn. Patrick Fitzgerald had Judith Miller, who was a reporter for the New York Times, imprisoned for ninety days for refusing to out her source(7). Judith Miller remains to date the first American ever to be sent to jail based on facts she never saw and a federal appellate opinion she was not permitted to read(8). According to Bob Woodward and four other prominent journalists, her imprisonment was unnecessary–Patrick Fitzgerald already knew her source to be Richard Armitage(9).

George W. Bush appointed U.S. District Court Judge St. Eves after her work as the Associate Attorney Prosecutor for the Whitewater fraud case (10). During that case, St. Eves herself took the stand in an attempt to discredit Susan McDougal’s accusation that Whitewater investigators had pressured her to tell lies about Bill and Hillary Clinton(11). On June 8th of 2006, Judge St. Eves was condemned by the National Lawyer’s Guild for allowing a coerced confession–by way of torture–into U.S. courts(12).

The original articles from the Chicago Sun-Times date back to November 5th of 2006. However, these original articles no longer appear in the online archives for the Chicago Sun-Times, and Obama disputed the reports about key details(13).
Whether voters believe that Conrad Black is a fraud or instead that Patrick Fitzgerald and Judge St. Eves are the fraud is of no consequence: the original articles from the Chicago Sun-Times cannot be regarded as credible. NBC’s reports should also be regarded with suspicion, as GM–which owns NBC–is the victim in Tony Rezko’s indictment(14).

Please check these references for details.

1) http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=27666

2) http://www.chicagotribune.com/services/newspaper/printedition/sunday/chi-0610200242oct20,0,3517077.story

3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_Black

4) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDWAFuQ5Tj8

5) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax6CmDIT4c4

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

7) http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/07/06/reporters.contempt/index.html

8) http://www.reason.com/news/show/32954.html

9) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRFpQ2ZzgjI

10) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitewater_(controversy)

11) http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/w/whitewater_case/index.html?query=ST%20EVE,%20AMY&field=per&match=exact

12) http://www.nlg.org/news/statements/salah_0606.htm

13) http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/diarypage.php?did=3765

14) http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/pr/chicago/2006/pr1011_01.pdf

[papau]

1. But that won't stop media spinning during this summers trial - or stop GOP 527's smears

[awaysidetraveler]

4. Right, what should we do?

I'm trying to disseminate the information that I can about this smear campaign first. The entire production surrounding this case doesn't lend credibility to itself, because it doesn't deserve credibility: Patrick Fitzgerald, Judge St. Eves and General Electric Capital Corporation are not a non-biased group of people. If they're exposed first, and consistently deprived of that credibility they count on, then Obama's chances of losing due to a smear will be reduced.

Please, pass this information around!

[LiberalFighter]

2. GM does not own NBC

[awaysidetraveler]

5. Oh you're right! Sorry, GMCC--the capital arm of the GM empire--owns NBC.

[LiberalFighter]

7. Still wrong. NBC is not owned by any subsidiary of GM.

[MethuenProgressive]

3. I agree - those articles are "dubious"...

Patrick Fitzgerald is a "controversial figure"? To who? The Republican National Commitee?

[awaysidetraveler]

6. Check footnote 13 for details on how very dubious Chicago Sun-Times articles are.

As Special Counsel, Patrick Fitzgerald did not prosecute Armitrage, and what he did do is still not known to the public. That is, with the exception of his imprisonment of Judith Miller, who is the first American reporter to be brought to trial on charges that she never saw. That makes him controvercial to both parties--not just the GOP.