Is Hillary Waiting for Rezko to take OB down?
Senator Obama's former mentor, Mr. Rezko, is close to a verdict in his Chicago corruption trial. A verdict will probably come any time now. Will Hillary concede before that happens? Don't count on it.
Will Rezko sing?
The following account ran on the Chicago Tribune's web site:
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5:12 PM CDT, June 2, 2008
Antoin "Tony" Rezko will have to wait at least one more night before learning what the jury in his trial has decided about the political corruption case against him.
After sending out a note earlier Monday that seemed to indicate they were on the threshold of reaching a verdict, jurors left at their previously scheduled departure time of 4:30 p.m. without announcing a decision.
Reporters had begun gathering at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in the afternoon after the panel sent out a note telling U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve that they were hung up on just one of the 24 counts against Rezko. Presumably, that meant they had come to an agreement on the other 23 counts against the former fundraiser for Gov. Rod Blagojevich. The jury is set to restart its deliberations at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday.
Jurors began talks May 13 after nine weeks of testimony.
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