Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Testimony: Tony Rezko gave Blagojevich ex-chief of staff $70k under the table

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
Rod Blagojevich's running buddy, onetime law school roommate and former chief of staff Lon Monk testified that he took $70,000 to $90,000 in cash payments from fundraiser Tony Rezko.

Monk said he took the money while he worked as chief of staff for Blagojevich and Rezko was a major fund-raiser.