Convicted political fixer Tony Rezko gave U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez free upgrades on a riverfront town house after the congressman asked for them, Gutierrez told the FBI, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned.
Gutierrez's comments to federal agents in a previously undisclosed 2008 interview contradict what the congressman told the Sun-Times in 2006 about the purchase.
"I walked in with my wife — as any other consumer could have — and purchased the unit at the listed price, with no considerations," the Northwest Side congressman said then, asserting that he never discussed the deal with Rezko, buying the home through a salesperson at Rezko's company, Rezmar Corp.
He told a different story when questioned by federal agents two years later about the town home he bought in River Walk, a Rezko development along the Chicago River north of Diversey, the Sun-Times has learned.
Gutierrez told them he and his wife had had dinner with Rezko and his wife, sources said, and that he told him that the price of the town home had gone up $35,000 in two weeks — from $399,000 when they first visited a model home to $434,900.
Considering that the price had risen, Gutierrez told Rezko he thought he should get some upgrades, sources said.
The upgrades eventually included an additional bathroom and higher-quality carpeting, the Sun-Times has learned...
Don't bother looking for the original story on the Sun-Times website. It's been tossed down the memory-hole, entirely by accident, I'm sure. It doesn't even appear in the archives.
As Newsalert wonders, "Did Luis become a federal informant to stay out of jail so he could inform on crime he's involved in?"
Did Gutierrez become a rat -- you know, a snitch, a snake, a punk, a narc, a fink, a stool pigeon -- to avoid federal charges?
We know he's an anti-American, Marxist, racialist rabble-rouser, so my wager would be on "yes".
Hat tip: Lee Cary
Is there anyone left in the democrat party -- anyone at all -- who should not be in prison?
ReplyDeleteHe also had problems paying property taxes on his home. IIRC it was never assessed properly after the home was built so he paid a much lower rate.
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