Fitzgerald Leaving
- U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, who oversaw the prosecutions of governors George Ryan and Rod Blagojevich, announced today he is stepping down on June 30.
Fitzgerald has been the longest serving U.S. attorney in Chicago history, holding the office for more than 10 ½ years.
The U.S. attorney’s office said Fitzgerald notified the White House, Attorney General Eric Holder and U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk of his decision this morning.
It's not often a US Attorney gets two governors scalps as trophies, but Fitzgerald's was a mixed bag when you look at how many Daley cronies got away and Shortshanks himself for that matter. And the wire that came down a bit too early in the Blago case.
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posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
57 Comments:
Betcha he's about to get his reward for the 'wire that came down too early'. Watch.
So basically they fed him people to prosecute that were expendable or werent shanks freinds and in return he never prosecuted the main guys. Madigan, Burke, and Daley all got a pass. So dont sing this guys praises. He was easily distracted from the main players by prosecuting the benchwarmers.
The news said Dickless Durbin will most likely be the guy to name his replacement. I seriously doubt we'll see any democrats get investigated til after Barry's second term.
Fitz gets a yellow stripe for one particular case: the Robbins Drive-By Five. Five drunken sheriff's cops and deputies coming from a Sheahan fundraiser at Sox Park chased and fired over 20 rounds at an unarmed black couple through the south suburbs. Stink-bomb fix in Crook court let them walk. Honest cops were disgusted and hoped for a federal civil rights case to flush these turds. Fitz passed. Opportunist wanted to keep his political options open ala" Big Jim".
Fuck him. He got Cozzi.....for doing what we all know was the "right" thing.
The wire that came down early ???
They were shitting a brick !
That net would have changed the face of, not only chicago politics but, the entire U.S.
Imagine a world without not only blago but, the jacksons, rahm, daley, obama and quite a few aldermen.
I can't wait to see how fitz is rewarded for halting that investigation.
10 years is way to long for anyone to hold the office of US Attorney. The fact that Fitzgerald gave the Daley Crime Family, and other politicial scumbags, a break says volumes about this mutt. He is just another politician looking for bigger and better things. He is no better than the jagoffs he sent to jail. Fuck him and the horse he rode in on.
He must see the handwriting on the wall. Obama is a one term president.
Started good, ended badly.
Had the wire stayed up....who knows. Fitzgerald. and all men like him, eventually do what's best for them.
I won't say he's a disappointment, because I have come to expect it. The comparison to Jim Thompson was correct. Whomever called his 'scalps' Daley outsiders was right too. It is a shame. Cook County remains the most corrupt place in America.
next governor of illinois himself???
He was disgusted about the light sentence that the rat turd Harris got. 10 days after all that work.
We can only "dream" that he doesn't want to be around when all members of the daley machine get handcuffed and driven to a prison for long terms of incarceration. God knows they certainly have it coming to them.
If Durbin gets to choose the next HFI (head fed in charge), look for his choice to be "Deaf, Dumb, and Blind", and also owes his political status to the machine.
Every "dog" gets his dues". I can only hope I see it happen to the likes of rmd and his cabal of evil men.
Chicago is a broken, dilapadated mess financially !
Thank daley and his family. they reaped all the rewards & benefits of his thievery and left all the bare bones for the citizens to subsist on.
Is there any hope for "Crime doesn't pay" to hit Chicago politicos ?
We can only hope !
Not only does he see the hand writing on the wall about Obama but is there the possibility that he was forced out because of the upcoming Vanercko special prosecutor and that there is preasure to investigate Daley, his pensions, illegal contracts and all the money he stole.
Anonymous said...
He must see the handwriting on the wall. Obama is a one term president.
5/24/2012 04:28:00 AM
Patrick Fitzgerald was appointed by a Republican US Senator (Peter Fitzgerald) and stayed in office through two terms of Republican President Bush and most of Obama's term. He also put one Republican and one Democrat governor in prisoner. In Illinois they are all crooked.
The next US Attorney will not be from out of town like Fitzgerald. Durbin has a chance to name someone firmly entrenched in the good old boy club and will not let the opportunity slip by.
The boys in the Illinois combine must be smiling over their ham and eggs this morning.
And Richard M Daley walks the earth a free man.
I sense that Obama will not get reelected. Maybe Fitz sees the handwriting on the wall. In any event his "selective" prosecution left the real thieves out of jail. The Daley Clan got away with unholy murder as we are seeing now that fat ass Richie has retired. And how about the Murderer Venecko? Why wasn't that cowardly prick put away? He is part of the Daley family and he is safe.
Fuck him. He never got Daley, and you're right, the Blago wire came down because it was far too close to Rahm and Barack.
Good riddance. He's so smart he couldn't figure out that the Daley's looted the city for years, and still do!
BTW, a big thanks from Obama for pulling down the Blago wire just before it would have trapped Obama as well.
I wonder what a soul is worth? He sold his long ago.
Don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out the door!
Bet Obummer has a federal judgeship waiting for this guy as payback for not letting the Blago thing reach the white house.
Like him or not, he was the most aggressive prosecutor we have ever had in Illinois. He certainly sent a few politicians to jail and scared a few more.
I don't think Fitz gave Daley a pass. That POS learned early on from his father to always have a buffer, never trace anything directly back to you. If he could possibly have Daley in his sights, I don't thinkk he'd be stepping down now.
Fitzey Gone? The Smelt Season is truly over!
I was gonna leave a comment but you guys hit it right on the head.
this guy was a whore through and through. did what he was told and to who he was told to do it to. he was such a suckhole they even used him on scooter libby. good riddance.
Not to mention he knowingly let Madison Hobley get away with killing seven people in an arson. Hobley got off death row and then received $7 million dollars for being abused by Burge, even though Burge never met the scumbag. Fitz knows Hobley is guilty. He just let it go. Only in chicago.
Sanctimonious phony. So sick of his altar boy image. His
legacy is a disgrace; he enabled the Daley Family to loot
Chicago with impunity, and bring it to its knees.
The "tell" will be where he lands a job Fake Poser teased us with doing the right thing and then da guys with chips in the big game called them in and it ended as fast as it started
Fuck him. He got Cozzi.
5/24/2012 01:14:00 AM
How Fitzgerald did Bill Cozzi is the absolute worst on a long list of chicken-shot moves, with the second worst being his failure to put shanks in an orange jumpsuit, followed by taking the wire down before the jacksons, rahm, obama, the madigans and quite a few aldermen shot themselves in the foot. It sickens me to hear Fitzgerald being lauded by Anton Valukis, Terry Sullivan and others.
He must see the handwriting on the wall. Obama is a one term president.
5/24/2012 04:28:00 AM
Do you read before writing?
Fitzgerald has been the longest serving U.S. attorney in Chicago history, holding the office for more than 10 ½ years. He's getting ready for the next move just like 1217 said. He fried the people the big dogs didn't like and lo and behold the big dogs themselves still came out scot free. After a decade of that, with some highly publicized prosecutions, he's getting his promotion. Bet on it.
Never investigated or prosecuted Shortshanks or his cronies...Fitzgerald will collect his 20 pieces of silver and get a federal judgeship as a further reward for keeping a blind eye on the Daley crime cartel.
The wire that came down early ???
They were shitting a brick !
That net would have changed the face of, not only chicago politics but, the entire U.S.
Imagine a world without not only blago but, the jacksons, rahm, daley, obama and quite a few aldermen.
I can't wait to see how fitz is rewarded for halting that investigation.
5/24/2012 02:14:00 AM
Dude, you have no idea. let's just say a little birdy told me how the top Feebs in Washington pulled the plug because they knew where it was headed. Want to talk about rioting? Imagine our current President taken often the ballot in 2008. Yeah. The local feebs shook there heads in collective disgust the day after the election and one was heard to say "if the public only knew..."!
There was so much more to the whole Blago investigation that will never come out. At least not until some ballsy agent retires and waits a few years to write a book, which will be trashed by the press...
Good riddens to bad trash
No indicted Daley!
Ex-Mayor Daley biggest crook of all getting a 200K pension and laughing at this city that is stuck with bills from his bullshit deals!
Fitzgedrald is Loser in my book!
Da Pelon
The wire that came down early ???
They were shitting a brick !
That net would have changed the face of, not only chicago politics but, the entire U.S.
Imagine a world without not only blago but, the jacksons, rahm, daley, obama and quite a few aldermen.
I can't wait to see how fitz is rewarded for halting that investigation.
5/24/2012 02:14:00 AM
If that isn't the truth.
Fitzgerald is a disgrace,
-not a cop.
FUCK HIM Number one HE GOT COZZI railroaded him but somehow HE NEVER GOT DALEY FUCK HIM
Daley is the big fish that either got away, or Fitz threw back into the pond. . . .
Fitz was so soft on the Dems, he should have been called "The Shield Of Daley."
Actually that post about why they took the wire down early riots etc is very plausible Why did Blago keep saying play all the tapes his attitude was fuck me fuck you I will bring u all down sorry to say it didn't work out that way wait and see the final chapter hasn't been written with his appeal only my opinion but it makes sense to me
1:14 A.M. :And he didn't get Daley for what we all know were the "Wrong" things.So I agree, Fuck him.
and so it goes.....why didn't Fitz take it "all the way"?....
That early arrest of Blagojevich was an early christmas present to Obama and his minions.
You just KNOW that they were ready to start horse trading.
Fitzy isn't a success, he never nailed Daley's ass to the wall, as he should have.
Oh, I'll make a prediction here, for what it's worth; Obama will win again in November. Take it to the bank.
The wire that came down early ???
They were shitting a brick !
That net would have changed the face of, not only chicago politics but, the entire U.S.
Imagine a world without not only blago but, the jacksons, rahm, daley, obama and quite a few aldermen.
I can't wait to see how fitz is rewarded for halting that investigation.
5/24/2012 02:14:00 AM
Dude, you have no idea. let's just say a little birdy told me how the top Feebs in Washington pulled the plug because they knew where it was headed. Want to talk about rioting? Imagine our current President taken often the ballot in 2008. Yeah. The local feebs shook there heads in collective disgust the day after the election and one was heard to say "if the public only knew..."!
There was so much more to the whole Blago investigation that will never come out. At least not until some ballsy agent retires and waits a few years to write a book, which will be trashed by the press...
5/24/2012 11:16:00 AM
Yeah, a little birdie told you this. Or you manufactured it. Whatever.
Anonymous said...
Not only does he see the hand writing on the wall about Obama but is there the possibility that he was forced out because of the upcoming Vanercko special prosecutor and that there is preasure to investigate Daley, his pensions, illegal contracts and all the money he stole.
5/24/2012 06:51:00 AM
Special prosecutor was not appointed by US Attorney. State Court vs Federal Court. There is a difference.
Anonymous said...
He was disgusted about the light sentence that the rat turd Harris got. 10 days after all that work.
5/24/2012 06:18:00 AM
Harris cooperated with Feds, Fitzgerald's office. If US Attorney objected to the sentence, he sure kept it quiet.
"Fitzgerald Leaving"
And what is the FOP doing about it? Nothing as usual. I'm filing a grievance, damn FOP.
FBI Director? He will get paid for his "work"
Will get a federal Judgeship for pulling wire down early.
SCC, many moons ago, I revered Fitzgerald's OFFICIAL MISSION. Until I learned what he wasn't doin'. So what's with his quick resignation? Expected? Or eau de RAT? Anita-related? Or did the school teacher make him quit? curious!
How about not investigating his star witness Chris Kelley's "suicide". The guy who could tie together Blago, Retzko, and Obama "takes" rat poison in CC Hills, is taken to the free clinic at Oak Forest Hospital, not South Suburban (less than a mile away), not St. James Oly Fields, not Ingalls, not Christ. THEN is transported by ambulance all the way to Stroger/County! Not suspicious at all! As the mayor of Munchkinland would have said, by then Kelley was "most assuredly dead!"
Anonymous said...
Not to mention he knowingly let Madison Hobley get away with killing seven people in an arson. Hobley got off death row and then received $7 million dollars for being abused by Burge, even though Burge never met the scumbag. Fitz knows Hobley is guilty. He just let it go. Only in chicago.
5/24/2012 08:22:00 AM
"he knowingly let Madison Hobley get away with killing seven people in an arson. "
Whaaa? Are you a police officer? Do you know anything about criminals and, uh, law? Hobley was tried etc. for arson, murder etc. in State Court.
Fitzgerald is US Attorney. They deal with Federal Crimes. Different set of law books, different statutes. Different courthouse. 26 and Cal vs. Federal Building downtown. Come on, you knew that, right?
I am not sure if there is a federal arson statute. The federal murder statute is pretty narrow. Murders are heard in state court and prisoners go to the Illinois Department of Corrections, not Federal prisons which are across the country.
Patrick Fitzgerald, the US Attorney, does not send cases to 26 and Cal. If Mobley's arson, murders etc. do not fall under Federal statutes then Fitzgerald is powerless to do anything about it.
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Then Quinn appoints a new AG
run for mayor and appoint hoffmann as ig , clean up city corruption
Maybe he is doing what the last head of the fire department did. He was getting into the daley crime family and their thieving. He was getting pressure to back off but couldn't do that, so he left. Look who is in charge of the Justice department. Enough said....
I have to wait for the expert's opinion, John Kass. He knows...
And the wire that came down a bit too early in the Blago case.
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not in Jesse Jackson' opinion
Anonymous said...
Maybe he is doing what the last head of the fire department did. He was getting into the daley crime family and their thieving. He was getting pressure to back off but couldn't do that, so he left. Look who is in charge of the Justice department. Enough said....
I have to wait for the expert's opinion, John Kass. He knows...
5/25/2012 11:26:00 AM
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He was appointed by George W. Bush,on the recommendation of for republican senator Peter Fitzgerald (no relation. Get informed.
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