Article: Levine the focus of Rezko closings.(News)

Article: Rezko ripped as fraud mastermind
SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL);  March 7, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... plagued state politics. She told jurors Rezko used his clout "at the ... briefly and moved on. She told jurors Rezko and Levine expanded their ... fee, no fund," she told jurors. She outlined a scheme in which Rezko alone was to receive more ...

Article: Rezko replay
Chicago Sun-Times (IL);  May 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... witness Stuart Levine sat. Levine told jurors during Rezko's high-profile trial that ... government's closer, said he paid Rezko $125,000 in cash bribes ... governor's home, he said. Ata told jurors Rezko helped him land his job as the ...

Article: Rezko witness claims gov told him: 'You stick with us, and ...
Chicago Sun-Times (IL);  March 20, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... prosecution witness in Tony Rezko's corruption trial ... Businessman Stuart Levine told jurors Blagojevich left him ... his finger. "Mr. Rezko told me that all major ... Monk through Mr. Rezko," Levine told jurors. It appeared that Levine ...

Article: Feds call Rezko 'man behind the curtain' in state
Chicago Sun-Times (IL);  March 7, 2008 ;     623 words ... ... Outlining the case against Rezko, Assistant U.S. Attorney ... pulling the strings." Hamilton told jurors Rezko controlled two state boards ... testimony. In one, Hamilton told jurors, Levine says of Rezko: "This guy is making decisions ...

Article: Levine: Bribe talk got Rezko to back hospital
Chicago Sun-Times (IL);  March 21, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Planning Board member, told jurors he worked closely with Rezko and others to engineer the ... making decisions" was Rezko, according to Levine ... anything like this. Levine told jurors that he and Rezko agreed to split a $1 million ...

Article: Defense: Con man lying about Rezko
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  March 7, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... administration. "Defendant Rezko was the man behind the ... strings," Hamilton told jurors as the trial expected ... from Illinois has known Rezko for years but has not ... wrongdoing in the case. Duffy told jurors that Rezko was a man who wanted ...

Article: Rezko's secrets could prove explosive.(News)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  October 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... the House and the Senate. Rezko raised nothing for Obamas ... legislative memo, as a guest at a Rezko party and when defense attorney Joseph Duffy told jurors his client was a friend of ... Obamas relationship with Rezko linger, particularly over ...