Rezko Gets A Holiday Pass On A Multi-million Dollar Scam

[Geee]

American Thinker:

Today, a U.S. District Judge sentenced Tony Rezko to a 7½-year sentence that will run concurrent with the earlier 10½-year prison term he received last month. That means no additional jail time for Tony.

Essentially, Rezko gets a pass for, as the 2007 appeal denial of the 2006 indictment reads, "participating in a scheme to defraud and to obtain over $10 million dollars in loans from GE Capital Corporation." Eventually, the number went down to $2.6 million, but who's counting?
The Chicago Sun Times described today's sentencing this way:

U.S. District Judge James P. Zagel sentenced Rezko Thursday to 7½ years on charges he schemed to get a fraudulent loan to prop up his Papa John's Pizza franchises in Illinois and Michigan.

But Zagel agreed to make the sentence concurrent with a 10½-year prison term Rezko received last month for corrupting state boards and state government under former Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

That means every day Rezko spends in prison will count toward both sentences.

Such a deal!

[NCTexan]

What do you suppose are the odds President Obama will commute his longtime friend's sentence soon after the next election? Hence the smile.

 

 

Hmmmm... I'll need to ponder that question for a while.

[clearvision]

I think so.

[cudjo]

What do you suppose are the odds President Obama will commute his longtime friend's sentence soon after the next election? Hence the smile.

 

 

Hmmmm... I'll need to ponder that question for a while.

 

It would sure be nerve racking to count on Obama though, don't think he's really a stand up guy