The screws tighten: Top aide to Blagojevich pleads guilty
This from the Associated Press:
CHICAGO — A former top aide to ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich pleaded guilty to wire fraud Tuesday and promised to cooperate with prosecutors in the case involving the former governor in exchange for a lenient sentence.
Alonzo “Lon” Monk, 51, Blagojevich’s one-time chief of staff, admitted that he schemed to shake down a racetrack owner for a $100,000 campaign contribution in exchange for the governor’s signature on a bill to help subsidize tracks…..
The plea is guaranteed to be a blow to Blagojevich, who is scheduled to stand trial starting June 3 on corruption charges that included allegedly trying to sell or trade the U.S. Senate seat President Barack Obama held.
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4 comments Add your comment
waterstim
October 20th, 2009
9:52 pm
obama is the anti-Christ
Obama
October 20th, 2009
10:31 pm
I know YOU are but what am I?
Darren
October 20th, 2009
10:35 pm
Seriously though, if this guy gets any kind of fine, proportionately speaking, what should we do to Bush for needlessly killing 4000+ of our troops in Iraq?
Shananeeeee Fananeeeeeee
October 20th, 2009
11:21 pm
He is one of Obama’s corrupt buddies. But I guarantee you this guy looks like an angel compared to Obama. Next stop for Obama to take everything over is the internet and network neutrality. He is still trying to figure out if he should send the extra troops the commanders want after several weeks of deep thought but he is more concerned about the internet. Scary. Change in 2010 and 2012, Change we are looking forward to.