Tag Archives: John Wyma

Sam Adam’s lawyer got one thing right

by admin on 29. Jul, 2010 in John Wyma, Mainstream Media, Rahm Emanuel, Senate Seat, Tom Balanoff

Rod Blagojevich’s cartoonish defense lawyer did get one thing right in his closing argument—that the Obama team was “negotiating” for a Valerie Jarrett appointment to the U.S. Senate. Sam Adam Jr. has just accused President Barack Obama and his transition team of negotiating with Blagojevich. The offer came from Rod to Tom Balanoff, Adam says. [...]

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Wyma gets to walk away with mega-millions?

by admin on 14. Jul, 2010 in John Harris, John Wyma, Rahm Emanuel

After he walked away from federal court yesterday, John Wyma must have felt like a bank robber walking away unnoticed from the scene of the crime. Kind of like his good friend Rahm Emanuel, who danced around and through corruption in Chicago and Washington and magically got instantly rich as an investment banker. Contrary to [...]

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Did Wyma tip Emanuel off?

by admin on 13. Jul, 2010 in John Harris, John Wyma, Rahm Emanuel, Valerie Jarrett

Did Blagojevich superlobbyist John Wyma tip off his good friend, Rahm Emanuel, to back away from Blago because the feds were closing in? A timeline of events certainly raises that possibility. Note that Obama and his people are pushing hard for Jarrett before the tone changes on Nov. 10, 2008: October 2008—Wyma begins cooperating with [...]

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When Wyma went wild

by admin on 12. Jul, 2010 in John Wyma

John Wyma is about to hit the witness stand. One of this blog’s authors wrote about Blagojevich’s superlobbyist a few years ago. If ever there was a poster boy for Rod Blagojevich’s utter hypocrisy, it’s John Wyma. Not even George Ryan had a bag man walking at his side like Wyma with Rod. Lynn Sweet [...]

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Beginning of the end for Blago

by admin on 08. Jul, 2010 in Mainstream Media, Patti Blagojevich

In court Wednesday, prosecutors played a tape that signified the beginning of the end for Governor Blagojevich. The call to Blago’s home came from his press secretary at 10:29 p.m. Thursday night, Dec. 4, 2008. He was informing Blagojevich that the Chicago Tribune had a story the next morning saying many of his recent phone [...]

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The Obama report is BS—a summary

by admin on 06. Jul, 2010 in John Harris, Rahm Emanuel, Senate Seat, Tom Balanoff, Uncategorized, Valerie Jarrett

In four posts, we’ve established that the incoming Obama administration’s internal report that cleared itself was a fraud. Here are the highlights: The report states Obama did not “actively” favor any candidate yet he picked up the phone a day before the election and lined up SEIU chief Tom Balanoff to send the message personally [...]

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Why the WH report on Blago is BS, part 4

by admin on 05. Jul, 2010 in Dan Hynes, David Axelrod, Jesse Jackson, Jr., John Harris, Lisa Madigan, Rahm Emanuel, SEIU, Tom Balanoff, Valerie Jarrett

As will be a surprise to no one except perhaps the MSM, the Rahm Emanuel section in the Dec. 23, 2008 report by the incoming Obama administration on its contacts with the Blagojevich administration is particularly slippery. The report conveniently omits any contacts between Obama and his advisors and Blagojevich and his advisors BEFORE the [...]

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Why the WH report on Blago is BS, part 3

by admin on 02. Jul, 2010 in David Axelrod, John Harris, Rahm Emanuel, Senate Seat, Valerie Jarrett

Recent testimony in the Blagojevich trial revealed another major problem in the WH report on Obama’s senate seat—one that slipped right by the MSM. The WH report makes a big deal of saying that Valerie Jarrett withdrew her name from consideration as Obama’s successor on Nov. 9, 2008. After Ms. Jarrett decided on November 9, 2008 [...]

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