Gov. Blagojevich's wife, Patti, made more than $50,000 in real estate commissions through a client who bought, then resold, a home from a development firm that donated money to the governor's campaign and includes political power broker William F. Cellini.You'll want to check out the Tony Rezko connection.
That's the same Cellini federal prosecutors describe as "Co-schemer A" in court papers that detail allegations of corruption involving the governor's administration, sources say.
This disclosure about the first lady's business link with Cellini comes as sources say investigators are looking into her real estate dealings as part of their wide-ranging corruption probe. Neither the governor, his wife nor Cellini has been charged with any crime.
The governor's office says Patti Blagojevich didn't know Cellini had any role in University Village -- the sprawling development Cellini and his partners began building after winning a state contract with the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1997. The project would displace the old Maxwell Street Market.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Blagojevich's Wife Got Commissions From Key Powerbroker Under Federal Investigation
The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
