by Chris Robling
The Chicago Tribune just posted a story (here) from its coverage of the U.S. District Court, where assistant U.S. attorney Carrie Hamilton told judge Amy St. Eve that admitted felon Ali Ata, who yesterday plead guilty to corruption charges, would testify to conversations with defendant Tony Rezko in 2004 about Illinois Republican National Committeeman Robert Kjellander allegedly working with White House advisor Karl Rove “to have [U.S. Attorney Patrick] Fitzgerald removed.”
St. Eve did not rule on the government’s motion for Ata to testify. Ata's plea agreement depends on truthful testimony and full co-operation with the federal government.
The attempt to remove Fitzgerald was allegedly mounted "so individuals who have been cooperating in this investigation will be dealt with differently," Hamilton told St. Eve, according to the Tribune.
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