They met in secret and referred to each other as "1,2, 3 and 4."
Rod Blagojevich, his longtime friend Lon Monk and trusted fundraisers Chris Kelly and Antoin "Tony" Rezko."
Their agenda: How to exchange state contracts and jobs for campaign cash for Blagojevich.
The plotting started even before Blagojevich was elected governor in 2002, according to Monk, who took the stand today to testify against his pal from college days.
"This was something that we were going to be able to do now that we were close to Rod and he was going to become governor," Monk said as Blagojevich stared straight at him and shook his head.
"I was intrigued," Monk added. "And I wanted to make money."
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At one of the secret meetings -- at Rezko's offices in 2003 -- the four discussed money-making ideas that involved state action, said Monk, sometimes sighing loudly as he testified.
Rezko listed eight or nine ideas and accompanying dollar figures. All money taken in would be divided equally, he said.
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The Capital Fax is all over this too.
The days of the internet and blogging and people can get more information in less time.
It's hard on this state to have another Governor on trial.
One of our long time respected newsmen, Walter Jacobsen who is semiretired does a perspective from the newsroom.
Last night on his perspective he lashed out at the US Attorney for making this a political issue and ruining the election by not postponing the trial. He said the US Attorney is controlling the elections in this state.
( he was referring to Fitzgerald, and the fact that this will hurt the Democrats, mainly the current Governor Quinn)
"( he was referring to Fitzgerald, and the fact that this will hurt the Democrats, mainly the current Governor Quinn)"
Amazing, the newsman is making this a political issue when this is about an ex-Governor, a former public servant, that should go to jail for selling a Senate seat and other perks quid pro quo and a U.S. Attorney that is doing his job when a person commits a crime.
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