Tony Rezko speaks: Blago knew of pay-to-play scheme for state boards

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

Ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich was well aware campaign contributors were paying for state board posts and appointments, Tony Rezko, his former top aide and the longtime political fixer said in an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times Wednesday. In a phone interview from prison, Rezko also said he never gave the now-imprisoned Blagojevich cash or bribes. Did Blagojevich know about pay-to-play? “Yes, he did,” Rezko said in a wide-ranging, hour-long interview from federal prison. Did Blagojevich make recommendations on who to put in what post? “Yeah sure. The things we talked about, sure,” said Rezko, who said he harbored no ill will toward Blagojevich. “We would have the discussions. X, Y and Z made a $50,000 [contribution] and looking to be placed on a board, where should we place that person if that person specifically requested to be placed on board, yeah. We had these discussions.”

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