Dan Webb Quotes (31 Quotes)

You want to know something There isn't a single witness in this case that testified - not a single one - that said he gave any corrupt benefits to George Ryan - ever.

(Prosecutor Joel) Levin said whether he was getting any money or not was just the icing on the cake. I say that it is the cake.

We are going to begin working immediately on post-trial motions to get this verdict overturned.

I've always felt that one of the strengths I've had over the years is being able to communicate with jurors in straightforward, simple, understandable terms. I grew up in a very simple, straightforward world.

Now, I know this is going to be a long trial, and I've talked to George Ryan about how we want to proceed. He and I have decided that we are going to try this case in the courtroom. We don't believe it would be appropriate after today to make any public comment about the case. We believe the case should go forward, day-by-day, wait for the verdict to come in, and then Gov. Ryan and I will then have a comment to make at that point in time.

That's a huge problem for the government they don't have a witness.

That is basically the 100-pound gorilla sitting in the courtroom that the government doesn't want to admit exists.

We will begin working immediately on post-trial motions to try to get this verdict overturned.

If this verdict ever becomes final, I can guarantee that all five of these companies will go out of business.

The government keeps changing its remedies on a day-to-day basis.

George Ryan would no more know what the value of real estate is in Bellwood than he could walk on the moon.

He doesn't own stock. He doesn't own bonds. He doesn't have a vacation house. If the government had evidence he's accumulated wealth you would have heard about it at this trial.

I think she's being as sincere and honest as a human being can be.

George Ryan didn't approve any one of these contracts and leases until he got an actual recommendation from the professional people in the secretary of state's office.

He (Fawell) felt the government had just put a foot on his throat.

I expect him to testify. It's my belief and my expectation that he will testify.

There are some people who believe that things like presumption of innocence are kind of legal technicalities and aren't really important.

It's a good possibility that the emotional rollercoaster ride of winning the sectionals and then losing to Aquinas (in a state qualifier Tuesday) to bring us to this point, maybe the guys were a little lackadaisical and not paying attention to what they were doing. We needed that first period to wake up.

I don't know of a single witness in this so-called corruption trial that's going to say there was a corrupt payment to George Ryan. No one got cheated out of anything. The contracts were good deals, fair deals, for the secretary of state's office.

George Ryan is my last witness -- we want to get everything done before George Ryan takes the stand.

Absolutely we were playing with fire. It was the third game in a row where we played terribly in the first period, gave up the lead and had to dig out of a hole. Sooner or later it wasn't going to work out had we continued like that.

Those were huge positives throughout the season and then going three games into the state tournament, that's big, too.

George Ryan is not getting into the details. He didn't approve any contract or lease until the proper people said go ahead and approve it.

You're wrong. He is going to trial, and I absolutely believe that he is innocent.

Nobody testified in this courtroom that George Ryan got any money, let alone to influence his official acts.

No witness testified that he ever gave George Ryan any financial or personal benefit for the purpose of influencing his official decisions.

There's no doubt that George Ryan was a politician. He lived in the imperfect world of politics.

Is George Ryan perfect No. He's grown up in the rough-and-tumble world of politics in Illinois, and he's not perfect.

This is going to be a long trial. It's going to last several months. One thing I'm confident of is at the end of the day, after the jury's heard all of the evidence, they will find and see that George Ryan is not guilty of all charges in this indictment.

In every one of these contracts, the low bidder got the contract. George Ryan did absolutely nothing to interfere with these contracts.

There is no evidence that Ron Swanson ever gave George Ryan anything of value to influence any decisions he made.