Wednesday, December 10, 2008
News / News Bites Not exactly spoiling for battle...
Posted by Michael Miner on Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 4:46 PM
"I suppose we will have to go to trial."
That's Governor Blagojevich's attorney, Sheldon Sorosky, as quoted in the Tribune. Sorosky was saying the governor doesn't think he did anything wrong.
Bad form! Where's the sneer of disdain? You need to sound like this:
"He is confident that, if given a full and fair opportunity to defend himself, he will be found innocent" -- Conrad Black's attorneys, when Black was indicted in 2005.
''The jurors will identify with his courage and public service, and this will assist them in determining that Governor Ryan is not guilty of these charges" -- George Ryan's attorney, when Ryan was indicted in 2003.
"We fully expect that a public trial will expose these allegations for what they are" -- Eddie Vrdolyak's attorney, when Vrdolyak was indicted in 2007.
In the same Tribune article -- Barack Obama urges Blagojevich to resign. This can only mean one thing, Sheldon Sorosky -- the next president wants the governor to set everything else aside and fight for his good name. So strap on your armor.
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Sounds to me like an invitation. We'll have to go to trial unless . . .
Trib responds to subpoenas: http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2008/12/tribune-subpoenaed-in-blagojevich-probe.html Looks like the Trib side of this criminal complaint isn't going away soon.
I am waiting for the crack investigating teams and shocked columnists at the Trib to ask who the paper's financial advisor is and what he discussed with our governor. Second, not to give B a defense but what's the difference with his "negotiating" a deal for theSenate seat and Hillary shaking down Barack for funds to bail out her ill-fated campaign and a spot in the cabinet.?
That's the weird thing, stormy. Mike's blog is the only place I've seen the question raised in a formal media outlet. (it's been in a few blogs too.) I'm not real surprised the Trib hasn't asked the question. But the Sun-Times? Why are they scared? Somebody needs to ask this question publically. Who is Trib Financial Adviser and why is he conspiring to defang his paper's ed board in return for $100 million loan from the Governor's private investment bank? Why does the Governor have a private investment bank that can issue bonds with state backing for companies favored by the Governor? Why would anyone ever be considering buying Wrigley for the government, thereby taking it off the tax rolls?
This interview with Blagojevich is over the top! http://punkeconomics.blogspot.com/2008/12/rod-just-wont-leave-me-again.html
While it may be clear that Blagojevich broke the law, it may not be clear to a jury why what he did is substantively different from the normal filthy rotten but legal horse-trading that goes on in state government in Illinois and virtually every state in the nation, not to mention Washington. I mean, look at what's happening in Delaware and New York state with the open Senate seats there. . Paul Begala was on CNN a day or two ago drawing the distinction between what Blagojevich did (raise me $1 million and here's your Senate seat) and what's perfectly legal (raise $1 million for the "party" and here's your Senate seat). It's a distinction without a difference. . If I were the governor (shudder) at this point, I'd be saying, "Well, gee, I didn't think I was doing anything wrong. But I want to come clean and let the court decide. So as part of my defense, I'm going to carefully detail all my political dealings with all individuals during my entire tenure so the court can get a complete and accurate picture of the context in which all these transactions and conversations took place. Let the chips fall where they may." . By the way, regardless of how they responded or didn't respond, both Zell and the Obama campaign were at least listening to Blago and, for all appearances, not running to the feds to do their civic duty and report the governor. So aren't they all, then, party to a conspiracy? . As for the Tribune, I see that in Friday's paper they have a pro-forma story on the subpoena--on page 20. That's OK for now, I suppose, given the crush of news on this subject. But they need to get aggressive fast on this Zell angle--which would include the possibility that Zell was warned off the McCormick firing at the last minute by someone in the Trib newsroom.
Sheldon Sorosky is a fall down drunk who does not have respect for the courts nor his clients. He represents petty criminals and drug addicts and prolongs cases trying to collect a few petty dollars every time he schedules a group of them for continuances at the same time same place. His famous quote: "How much can we raise today?" Not fit to even be involved in any way to represent the Governor.
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