Saturday, February 09, 2008

Rezkowatch gets a letter from Nadhmi Auchi's lawyer (Updated with Sun Times on expected John Thomas testimony)

Rezkowatch writes

Today, RezkoWatch received an emailed 3-page letter from media lawyer Alasdair Pepper of London's Carter-Ruck which stated that Nadhmi Auchi is a client. The letter enumerated a list of cited material from RezkoWatch which Pepper, on behalf of his client, said,
..."contains numerous highly defamatory and false allegations, in addition to other false claims about our client" and that it makes "very serious allegations and claims without making any real attempt to check the truth of them.......
That said, any characterization of Nahdmi Auchi as "corrupt" or involved with "corruption" have been removed from RezkoWatch unless they are contained within cited source material.

Additionally, RezkoWatch articles containing information about Nadhmi Auchi from questionable sources have been archived while those sources and information contained therein are verified.
Cheers I guess....I'm sure it's still talley-ho with Patrick Fitzgerald.

Update: Today's Sun Times: My life as an FBI mole
For the first time, the FBI "mole" who's expected to be a key prosecution witness against indicted developer and political fund-raiser Tony Rezko is talking.

In an exclusive interview with the Sun-Times, John Thomas said his life became frantic as he amassed hundreds of hours of recorded conversations for federal investigators while trying to maintain the real estate business he built on pluck and hustle.

[***]

Thomas wouldn't discuss details of his work for the FBI.

But sources said that, for more than two years when he was giving information to agents, Thomas provided a fly-on-the-wall look inside Rezko's real estate operations and his desperate attempts to keep his projects afloat.

Sources said Thomas also logged frequent visits to Rezko from Gov. Blagojevich and U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.). [my emphasis] Blagojevich and Obama were among the many politicians for whom Rezko raised campaign cash. Neither has been charged with any wrongdoing.
I don't have a crystal ball. I just have a hard time believing this isn't going to be big trouble for Obama and Democrats over all.

I guess only the sources can say.

8 comments:

Anonymous,  10:42 AM  

Rich, I would like to propose that you rename Illinoize to "Rezkonoize -- presented by Bill Baar."

Or more seriously, how about limiting Bill to no more than one or two Rezko posts per week, forcing him to prioritize and focus on significant developments.

Bill Baar 11:34 AM  

I've become a Rezkoholic.

Anonymous,  5:43 PM  
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Marathon Pundit 11:08 PM  

Bill...that idiot's suggestion is put into effect, I can pick up the slack.

Anonymous,  7:24 AM  

On the back of his business card, Thomas expresses his thoughts on his situation.

In eight languages, the card reads: "When life hands you lemons, make lemonade."


Now we know where the Blaggodiot gets his lines.

Bill Baar 7:39 AM  

I know, and what was great was it's in eight languages.

Years ago, when I worked at Philmaid Inc, 1033 W. Van Buren, we'd post signs for the workers in eight languages. And those were just the common ones: Spanish, Greek, Italian, Serbo-Croat, Yiddish, English, and a couple more I can't remember.

People from the whole world coming to Chicago to make a buck...

...sometimes they get a little carried away as in the case of Rezko, and I think with Auchi's billions behind him, there were more bucks in play then we ever dreamed of at Philmaid.

Anonymous,  7:43 PM  

This is no surprise. Nadhmi Auchi sues anyone who says anything remotely negative about him. But he will not silence the truth. A witness, Levine, stated today at Rezko's trial that Barack and Michelle went to Tony Rezko's home for a party in honor of Auchi. Auchi and Obama say they did not meet. Actually Obama is now saying that he does not remember going to the party. LAUGHABLE.
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DO YOU all KNOW WHO billionaire Nadhmi Auchi IS???

He was in Saddam Hussein's Baathist regime. He lives in London but he's from IRAQ.

He stood trial with Saddam Hussein in 1959 for conspiracy to assassinate then Prime Minster Qasim in Iraq.

Auchi was going to financially back Saddam Hussein's oil pipeline from Iraq to Saudi Arabia!

Saddam Hussein even KILLED his brother but they remained FRIENDS and BUSINESS Partners!

Auchi is a global arms dealer and NOT ALLOWED in the USA!

He was a major part of the biggest scandal: Oil For Food. He robbed MILLIONS from it.

Nadhmi Auchi is one of the richest and most powerful men in the world.

HELLO! WTF is Obama doing with THEM?????????

Anonymous,  10:26 AM  

Today's poem...

Good luck
With Carter-Fuck

They're on the case
If evil you want to erase

If you've a bad reputation
They're the first for litigation

But just don't ask what they cost
'Coz you only have to cough up if you lost...

Which ain't gonna happen 'cos
they're out to win
Because folding in the courtroom is a sin..

Since if you're a dodgy geezer whose capers are ace.
just make sure you've Carter-Fuck on your case..

Sorry..

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