Payments helped AT&T obtain key legislative wins in Illinois, prosecutors say.

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    6 months ago

    How incompetent do you have to be to get in trouble for bribing politicians in this country? Those politicians worked so hard to make certain forms of bribery legal. I get why they’re upset.

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      How incompetent do you have to be to get in trouble for bribing politicians in this country?

      And in Al Capone’s home state, no less!

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        And Governor Rod “This Senate seat is on the market” Blagojevich.