The Chicago Tribune reports on Operation Board Games:
Pushing further into Gov. Rod Blagojevich's inner circle, federal investigators have subpoenaed records involving a lobbyist friend who represented a hospital company that won a favorable state ruling.
The company's for-profit affiliate donated $25,000 to Blagojevich's campaign a month after the state's action.
John Wyma, a top fundraiser and former Blagojevich aide, was named in a federal subpoena delivered two weeks ago to Provena Health, according to sources. It sought records about Provena's lobbying relationship with Wyma, the donation and the company's efforts to win approval for a new heart program.
That decision was made by the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board, which has figured prominently in a corruption investigation that has led to influence-peddling convictions against several Blagojevich insiders.
Wyma is among Blagojevich's closest confidants, fundraisers and friends. Before becoming a top state lobbyist, he was Blagojevich's chief of staff when he was in Congress and played key roles in the governor's campaigns.
We mentioned the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board just the other
day:
Was Obama's real estate deal with Rezko a bribe? Stay tuned because Operation Board Games is far from over.According to our source,Rezko seems to be talking about the Health Facilities Planning Board where Barack Obama was Rezko's "inside guy in the Illinois senate as far as setting up the Health Facilities Planning Board "(to use an Evelyn Pringle phrase).A criminal indictment of Barack Obama is actually possible.
