Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Lon Monk, former top Blagojevich aide, pleads guilty




The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
He was a groomsman in Rod Blagojevich's wedding and the ex-governor's first chief of staff.

But, on Tuesday, Alonzo "Lon" Monk said he was something else: an eyewitness to a litany of corruption under Blagojevich, including a scheme by the former governor and his top advisers to profit off state government deals.
How much money?:
"Hundreds of thousands of dollars per deal," with the profits to be "split evenly" between Blagojevich, Monk, the now-deceased Christopher Kelly and convicted businessman Tony Rezko, according to Monk's plea.
You'll want to read the whole article.