Tag Archives: Nadhmi Auchi

Were both Blago and Obama lying about Auchi?

Federal prosecutors were successful in revoking Tony Rezko’s bond in early 2008 when they found out the infamous Illinois fixer had taken $3.5 million from British/Iraqi billionaire Nadhmi Auchi without telling the court. Auchi is a controversial figure closely linked to Saddam Hussein over the years. For background on Auchi, check here and here. It’s [...]

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Three questions for Tony Rezko

As we’ve mentioned before, the mainstream press has virtually no curiosity about convicted fixer Tony Rezko any more. Let us amend that: There is no curiosity about Rezko’s relationship with Barack Obama. Former Chicago Tribune top editor James Warren, now writing for the Chicago News Cooperative, which feeds stories to the NY Times, outlines some [...]

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Long shadow of Rezko hangs over Obama

It looks like Tony Rezko won’t be called by the prosecution or defense in the Rod Blagojevich corruption trial. Not a shock because, as the Daily Herald’s Ted Cox explains, nobody quite knows what door Tony would open on the witness stand. It’s not even clear where Tony is these days. What is clear is [...]

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