updated first paragraph for article
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081219/ap_on_re_us/illinois_governor
CHICAGO – In an unwavering statement of innocence, Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Friday he will be vindicated of criminal corruption charges and has no intention of letting what he called a “political lynch mob” force him from his job. “I will fight. I will fight. I will fight until I take my last breath. I have done nothing wrong,” Blagojevich said in his first official public comments since his arrest last week on federal corruption charges.
Amrish Mahajan raise more than a half million dollars for Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s campaigns since 2001...Mahajan’s ties to Blagojevich run deep—including hiring the Democratic governor’s wife last year as a real estate agent on $5.7 million in private land deals
Nadhmi Auchi owns General Mediterranean Holding, a Luxemburg-based conglomerate with ... Mutual Bank, Anita and Amrish Mahajan,
Auchi provided the money for Rezko to buy Obama lot.
A former Illinois bank official, now claiming whistleblower status, says bank officials replaced a loan reappraisal that he prepared for a Chicago property that was purchased by the wife of now-convicted felon Tony Rezko, part of which was later sold to next-door neighbor Barack Obama.
The complaint said the Rezko loan was approved by Mutual Bank President and CEO Amrish Mahajan
This is just part of the information I found last night. More Here:
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