No WAY!

Way, Dude.

Former Ill. Gov. George Ryan found GUILTY on 22 counts, including racketeering, mail fraud and influence-selling conspiracy.

I mean DUH! No Illinois politician can live on $77 a month* and Ryan withdrew just over $6,000 in 9 years from personal accounts.

"As the two men stood in the bathroom of the Dirksen Federal Building, former Gov. George Ryan told CBS 2’s Jon Duncanson what he’s really disappointed with is the media."
I suppose a big DUH to that too. I mean if you have to do your interview in the bathroom I can see why you’d be disappointed. I am glad he didn't say he was disappointed in the media’s handling.

The News has taken an interesting angle on this. Maybe CBS 2’s Jon Duncanson was just trying to get the jump on all the female reporters, maybe he was trying to make a statement about this story, or government corruption, but other than that the news reporting seems lack luster. I mean to show surprise in the verdict????
Hmmm, Ryan left office in 2003 amid a corruption scandal, a truck driver with a purchased license killed people, the 8yr investigation continued into an Illinois politician who learned at the knee of the best machine in the country. Seventy-nine former state officials, lobbyists, truck drivers and others have been charged in the government's Operation Safe Road investigation. Before Ryan and Warner's trial, 74 had been convicted and none acquitted. Really why the shocked looks. Even Ryan wasn’t shocked.
According to Duncanson interview of the bathroom news:
“What bothers [Ryan] is the media’s portrayal of the trial.
They were going after all of the people, but there's so much more to this issue and they didn't dig deep enough, Ryan said.
He said he is disappointed in that.”


Ryan, 72, was found guilty on all 18 charges against him by a federal court jury in Chicago. Larry Warner, 67, a lobbyist and friend of Ryan, was convicted in the same trial on 12 charges

Ryan faces a maximum of 95 years in prison and $4.5 million in fines on the charges of racketeering conspiracy, mail fraud, false statements and tax fraud.



*Ryan withdrew a mere $77 in 1997 from his checking and savings accounts.


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