And of course, Illinois Governor Ryan was a Republican, and his
indictments did a lot to throw the state Republican party into
fueding...and they still haven't recovered here.
When asked, Fitzgerald would not comment on whether "Official A" was Ryan.
From the Chicago Daily Herald April 3, 2002, Wednesday All
But despite branding two of Ryan's former top aides and his
campaign committee as corrupt, Fitzgerald would not say if the
investigation will eventually reach Ryan. The vast majority of the
corruption uncovered so far happened under his watch when he was
secretary of state from 1990 until 1998. The governor has not been
accused by prosecutors of any wrongdoing in the past, and Tuesday's
indictments did not include him.
"I cannot answer that question," Fitzgerald said when asked about
any Ryan involvement. "We cannot discuss people not charged in the
indictment."
Sun Times June 20, 2002
Stewart would send bills to Stanley and Doyle for bogus
legal work Stewart never performed. Stanley and Doyle would "pay" for
the work, when in fact they were passing along bribes through Stewart
to Udstuen.
Stanley also allegedly passed bribes to Udstuen through another
person, dubbed "Individual A" in the indictment, in a similar scheme.
Individual A was a close friend of Udstuen's and a social acquaintance
of Stanley's.
Ryan was indicted four months after the previous indictment had been
issued referring to him as "Official A". By the time Ryan was
indicted, Fitzgerald had indicted 65 other officials and gotten
convictions on 59. One thing's for sure: when it comes to Ryan
you can't say it's over until the investigation is officially closed.
Now this year, we have Ohio and Kentucky and the DeLay-Frist-White
House Axis of Evil. . .why is it that everything the self-righteous
fundies attach themselves to ends up in a corrupting mess?
