Scorched Earth Itinerary: Clinton Camp To Send Staffer to Rezko trial.

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Clinton camp keeping an eye on Rezko trial
Published: Tuesday March 4, 2008
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Clinton_camp_keeping_eye_on_Rezko_0304.html

May send staffer to watch trial after Obama aide spotted taking notes.

Hillary Clinton's advisers sounded confident speaking to reporters Tuesday morning, and they could hardly contain their delight at the perception that Barack Obama has started facing tougher questions on the campaign trail.

Now that the trial has begun for former Obama fundraiser Tony Rezko in Chicago, the Clinton campaign is hammering their opponent with charges that he is obscuring his relationship to the real estate developer, who was indicted seventeen months ago for alleged money laundering, extortion and fraud.

"There are many, many more questions than answers from Sen. Obama on the Rezko matter," Clinton communications director Howard Wolfson said during a conference call with reporters.

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There was some puzzlement among reports at the sudden shift for Clinton suddenly was the candidate of openness. The former First Lady has been criticized as too secretive for not releasing White House documents, nor her tax returns. Wolfson said there was no contradiction, and insisted that it just wanted answers to fairly standard inquiries. As to the tax returns, he said the would be released around April 15, before Pennsylvania voters go to the polls.

"I know the kind of questions this campaign has received on matters large and small," Wolfson said.