Witness: Blagojevich planned kickbacks

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A friend of convicted influence peddler Tony Rezko said the developer told him of plans to kick back money to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Joe Aramanda testified on Wednesday that Rezko told him of plans to kick back tens of millions of dollars in fees from the Teachers’ Retirement System to Blagojevich, Lon Monk and fundraiser Chris Kelly in 2004.

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