New: Rezko pal pleads guilty, will help feds
In an explosive development reaching to the state’s highest office, a former high-ranking state official claimed Tuesday that Gov. Rod Blagojevich was on hand when he handed over $25,000 in campaign money to now-indicted campaign fundraiser Antoin “Tony” Rezko.
Ali Ata, 56, a former executive director of the Illinois Finance Authority, said Blagojevich then asked Rezko if he had talked to Ata about a job.
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