Blago + Roland Burris + Loop Capital Markets (2003)
There is a (2003) - Blago + Loop Capital = connection.
Involving (Roland Burris) who Blago later chose to replace [Hussein] as IL senator.
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Part of the big controversy was Burris' consulting, lobbying & commissions for deals he brokered.
(example articles)
(propublica.org - Jan 15, 2009)
Burris Ties to Blago Show Close Relationship
Since that 2002 campaign, Burris, his lobbying firm and his law firm have donated more than $20,000 to Blagojevich.
Burrisâ support was rewarded after he became a lobbyist.
His lobbying firm received about $295,000 in state contracts from the department of transportation during Blagojevichâs two terms, according to state comptroller records.
Burrisâ clients also benefitted, to the tune of hundreds of thousands in state business.
In 2003, the Blagojevich administration awarded Loop Capital Markets, a Chicago investment bank, $753,800 in pension bond business. Burris' firm earned $30,000 for six months of lobbying for the company, according to 2003 news reports.
(Chicago Tribune - Jan 08, 2009)
Burris practiced in political arts
In 2003, the finance firm Loop Capital Markets got more than $750,000 in pension bond business from the Blagojevich administration as part of the governor's $10 billion bond program to pay off state debt. Burris, whose firm was on a $5,000-a-month retainer with Loop Capital, said then that there was nothing wrong with the arrangement.
"We make sure that the client has access, and the client has to have a product or services that the customer can use, and that it is a competitive product," Burris said.
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Only Loop Capital connection I could find so far.
https://www.propublica.org/article/burris-ties-to-blago-show-close-relationship
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-burris-record-08-jan08-story.html