Chicago Daily Observer

Will Gov. Blagojevich be indicted? Let’s say that a cursory study of grand jury corruption probes from all 50 states…including those when the U.S. consisted of 48…shows that there has never been an occasion when so many allegations and testimony before federal juries has failed to yield an indictment of a major figure whose name has been so prominently mentioned. That doesn’t mean this couldn’t be the first time—but knowledgeable people say not for attribution that if Blagojevich isn’t nailed, it will be an historic first.

One deciding factor seems to be testimony last week at the Rezko trial by Clyde Robinson, director of investor relations at JER Partners, a private equity, real estate investment management company headquartered in McLean, Virginia which manages private equity real estate funds with clients totaling more than 100 institutional investors including some of the world’s largest public and private pension funds, endowments and ... Read More...

A Sangamon County judge Monday halted a lawsuit challenging Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s authority to expand health-care programs on his own.

Judge Leo Zappa agreed with Blagojevich’s attorney that a similar lawsuit already filed in Cook County should be allowed to proceed unimpeded. Zappa said there’s a danger of different rulings coming out if both cases are adjudicated simultaneously.