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Last Updated on Thursday, 13 December 2007 11:11 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 13 December 2007 11:11
We mentioned the Chicago Tribunes lawsuit on the subject earlier this week; now the feds are involved:
Federal prosecutors have taken over a state investigation into allegations of influence peddling involving a fundraiser for Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
In 2005, Illinois State Police closed a case against Harish M. Bhatt, a Joliet pharmacist and major fundraiser for the governor, who had been accused of offering to help derail a fraud investigation into a Chicago pharmacist in exchange for a $25,000 campaign contribution to Blagojevich. Jatin Patel, who stopped payment on a $25,000 check he had given to the governor’s campaign shortly after writing it, has denied any wrongdoing.