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Fundraiser Rezko’s sentencing set for Jan. 6
Ill. businessman who helped bankroll campaigns convicted of mail fraud
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CHICAGO - A federal judge in Chicago has set a Jan. 6 sentencing for political fundraiser Tony Rezko, who helped bankroll the campaigns of Barack Obama and Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
Defense attorney Joseph Duffy says Rezko just "wants to get on with his life." Duffy made his comments while leaving court Tuesday after Judge Amy St. Eve set the date.
Duffy, however, left open the question of whether Rezko is still cooperating with the government's investigation of corruption in the Blagojevich administration.
Rezko, convicted in June of mail fraud and other counts, wasn't in court Tuesday. He had asked for an early sentencing date.
Rezko was a major fundraiser for Obama in his campaigns in Illinois but did not raise money in his presidential campaign.
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