Fitzgerald waited until Gov. Ryan was out of office to indict him to prevent any mass pardons

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I wonder if we are seeing a repeat? Don't think Bush and his minions aren't thinking about this?

Don


http://www.ipsn.org/ryan_george/former_gov_george_ryan_indicted.htm

Former Gov. George Ryan indicted

Tribune staff reports
Published December 17, 2003, 7:09 PM CST

Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan was charged today in a federal racketeering indictment with conspiracy and fraud while he was governor and secretary of state.

Ryan allegedly engaged in a pattern of corruption that included performing official government acts, awarding lucrative government contracts and leases and using the State of Illinois for his own benefit, members of his family, his campaign organization and certain associates, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's office.

"I submit that the citizens of this state expect honest government from the secretary of state or the governor," U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald said during a news conference this afternoon at the Dirksen Building in downtown Chicago. "They deserve nothing less."

Ryan, 69, a Republican known worldwide as a leading critic of the death penalty, gradually became the focus of a corruption investigation that began even before his 1998 election as governor. The growing scandal was a factor in Ryan's 2001 decision not to seek a second term. snip

Ryan became the 66th person charged in the investigation; 59 people and his campaign committee have been convicted so far.