Blagojevich trial witness: Tony Rezko asked me to direct money to Patti Blagojevich for doing nothing

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

A government witness has testified that businessman Tony Rezko asked him to cut checks to the former governor's wife even though she hadn't done work for it.

Robert Williams, former chief financial officer of Rezko's Rezmar company said
she was paid $12,000 a month and it was recorded in Rezmar books as consulting.

The prosecution will be finishing up its' case much sooner than expected.