Sentencing has been delayed for Tony Rezko, whose name has popped up in connection with Presidential candidate Barack Obama. The delay could save Obama embarrassing attention before the Nov. 4 election. By Jeff Coen Chicago Tribune reporter CHICAGO — In the first official sign that Antoin “Tony” Rezko and his lawyers are talking with federal…
Sen. Stevens buddy may have been chatting him up, but the senator had no idea his friend was working with the FBI, recording the conversations. By Del Quentin Wilber Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Jurors heard secretly recorded telephone conversations yesterday in which Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) told a chief prosecution witness that the…
The thing about digs, once you start you can’t stop. So far, FBI agents hunting for mob bodies have come up with dog bones. The search continues today. By Robert E. Kessler and Zachary R. Dowdy Newsday EAST FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — FBI agents unearthed yesterday what first appeared to be human bones at a location…
The thing about living in a house called the White House is that you never know who’s going to stop by. By Elissa Silverman and Martin Weil Washington Post Staff Writers WASHINGTON — An officer in the uniformed division of the Secret Service was injured yesterday in a scuffle with an apparent intruder at the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Attorneys for Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens filed a stinging motion Sunday in federal court accusing the government of “intentional” and “shocking” misconduct, and asked that the public corruption case be dismissed. The motion, filed by defense attorney Brendan V. Sullivan Jr., accused the government of intentionally withholding key evidence…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In one of the more unusual motions to be filed in a federal court, a lawyer representing a man accused of dealing in kiddie porn has asked that the words “vagina” and “genitalia” be banned from trial. Attorney Ashish S. Joshi filed the motion last week in U.S. District Court in…
The sad tale of U.S. District Judge Thomas Porteous, who has been accused of boozing, gambling and fibbing, is only half the story. His loyal staff is the other half. One even paid his gambling debts. By Richard Rainey New Orleans Times-Picayune NEW ORLEANS — When the Judicial Council of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court…
Can Mahmoud A. Omar, a bankrupt, convicted felon who worked undercover for the FBI help the government makes its case in an alleged plot to attack Ft. Dix? Or will he prove to be too much of a con man to give the case credibility? Jury selection was completed last week and opening statements are…
