Another Blago/Rezko Tie?

By Prescott Carlson in News on Oct 4, 2008 3:45PM

Yes, we're using this photo again. Seeing that muppet behind Rezko never gets old. Photo via AP

The participants in the Rod Blagojevich Death Pool just got a little more excited. An anonymous source has told the Sun-Times that the feds are looking into the possibility that Tony Rezko paid for up to $90,000 of rehab work on Blago's Ravenswood Manor home. Rezko may have hid this work through creative accounting at another housing development he was working on. This is on top of the whole "Public Official A" accusations, suspicious campaign contributions, and investigations into questionable real estate deals involving the gov's wife, Patti. The Blagojeviches claimed through a spokesperson that they paid for all the work themselves, although they have not provided any evidence such as canceled checks.

Since Rezko's felony conviction in June, the FBI has been investigating how the former top Blagojevich fund-raiser billed the governor and his wife for the work, who paid for it and whether Rezko ever arranged for cash to be passed in envelopes to the Blagojeviches, several sources familiar with the probe told the Chicago Sun-Times.