Odds of Quinn's indictment a year from now are 8 to 1

FEDERAL INVESTIGATION HEADED TO NEXT LEVEL?

By State Sen. Darin LaHood - 

“This moment, our hearts are hurt. It’s very important that all of us understand that we have a duty, a mission to restore the faith of the people of Illinois in the integrity of our government. And to make sure all of our elected officials have the confidence of the voters. I think this is our highest calling, that’s what we have to do in the coming days. I’m confident with the people of this legislature and with the people of our state that we will come together in the best traditions of Abraham Lincoln’s Democracy.”

Those were the words uttered by Pat Quinn, when he took the Oath of Office after the Illinois Senate convicted and removed Rod Blagojevich from office on Jan. 29, 2009. Now five and a half years later, federal investigators are looking into the administration of Pat Quinn for the inner workings of the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative (NRI), which misused $100 million in state funds.

This week, the US Department of Justice asked a legislative panel to please cease an ongoing state-level governmental investigation seeking the truth about how monies were used. A similar thing happened in 2008, when the federal government asked the Illinois Attorney General to stop her probe of the Blagojevich Administration.

The allegations are that during the weeks prior to the last gubernatorial election, Quinn was handing out public funds (amounts unknown but it's in the millions) to any group that he thought could deliver some votes. Most of the recipients were "black" groups. The common "theme" behind each grant END THE VIOLENCE.