Political fundraiser convicted in corruption trial
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080604/capt.81b30e45a8024b86ba335a9439c1194c.fundraiser_trial_ilca104.jpg?x=126&y=130&q=85&sig=xEsyOXcz2nC.lsrVoFPQ4Q--" align="left" height="130" width="126" alt="Antoin 'Tony' Rezko returns to the Federal Courthouse where a jury found him guilty on 16 counts of a 24-count indictment in his corruption trail in Chicago, Wednesday, June 4, 2008. Rezko pleaded not guilty to charges that he schemed to get kickbacks from companies wanting state contracts. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080605/ap_on_re_us/fundraiser_trial)AP - A prominent fundraiser for Sen. Barack Obama and Gov. Rod Blagojevich was convicted of fraud, money laundering and bribery Wednesday after a trial that exposed a corrupt culture of payoffs and campaign finance abuses plaguing Illinois politics.</p><br clear="all"/>
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