Chicago Mob Linked Illinois State Senator James DeLeo Sponsored Widow of Chicago Mob Boss For State Job

He was good friends with Blago. He was good friends with Barack Obama. The Chicago Sun-Times reports on former "bagman" James DeLeo :

Illinois state Sen. James DeLeo (D-Chicago) -- who has made public statements questioning the existence of the Chicago mob -- was credited by former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's office with trying to help the widow of one of Chicago's most infamous slain mobsters.

The Northwest Side lawmaker is listed in a secret hiring database the then-governor's aides kept as the political sponsor for Anne Spilotro, the widow of murdered mob boss Michael Spilotro.

She's among 146 "recommended" job candidates linked to DeLeo by Blagojevich's office, though it isn't clear for what job.

Thirty-nine of them wound up being hired or promoted, according to the records, obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times, making DeLeo one of the top go-to guys at the Statehouse for jobs inside the Blagojevich administration.

Here is more on James DeLeo and this and this. Here's a look at Jimmy DeLeo and banking. For more on Blago and the subject of the Chicago Mob.