Rezko 'clout list' outed
Feds say governor’s adviser sought jobs for friends, family
In the weeks and months after Gov. Rod Blagojevich took office, close adviser and fundraiser Antoin “Tony” Rezko gave the administration the names of people he wanted to see get state jobs.
And in the grand tradition of Illinois politics, those names ended up on a list. Call it a clout list, or a favors list.
But federal prosecutors call such lists evidence, and they are starting their own tradition of using them in political corruption cases.
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