Another Fitzmas Present
Oct 29th, 2005 at 8:37 am by Susie
Via Archpundit, we get an intriguing little reminder from Fitzgerald’s successful prosecution of Gov. Ryan:
From the AP August 27, 2003, Wednesday, BC cycle:
When asked, Fitzgerald would not comment on whether “Official A” was Ryan.
From the Chicago Daily Herald April 3, 2002, Wednesday:
But despite branding two of Ryan’s former top aides and his campaign committee as corrupt, Fitzgerald would not say if the investigation will eventually reach Ryan. The vast majority of the corruption uncovered so far happened under his watch when he was secretary of state from 1990 until 1998. The governor has not been accused by prosecutors of any wrongdoing in the past, and Tuesday’s indictments did not include him.
“I cannot answer that question,” Fitzgerald said when asked about any Ryan involvement. “We cannot discuss people not charged in the indictment.”Sun Times June 20, 2002
Stewart would send bills to Stanley and Doyle for bogus legal work Stewart never performed. Stanley and Doyle would “pay” for the work, when in fact they were passing along bribes through Stewart to Udstuen.
Stanley also allegedly passed bribes to Udstuen through another person, dubbed “Individual A” in the indictment, in a similar scheme. Individual A was a close friend of Udstuen’s and a social acquaintance of Stanley’s.
Successful indictment is more like it. The Ryan trial is still going on. That being said, the archpundit piece is a good primer on how Fitz has been working in Chicago.
To me, going after a Fawell in DuPage county is like going after a Daley in Chicago. Scott Fawell’s relatives include a former judge, a former congressman, and a state legislator. Although he’s doing 6 years, he still insists neither he nor Ryan did anything wrong and that the prosecutor is criminalizing politics.
Dave M. is correct; the prosecution is still putting on its case in the Ryan trial.
On Dec. 8th, I posted links to the articles on the first day’s testimony of Don Udstuen. My interest comes from his being from my hometown (Crystal Lake) and knowing him for 30-some years.