Article: Levine: Bribe talk got Rezko to back hospital

At first, Tony Rezko wasn't keen on the state approving a new $81 million hospital in McHenry County, star prosecution witness Stuart Levine testified Thursday at the corruption trial of Gov. Blagojevich's former top fund-raiser.

But Levine said that changed when he asked Rezko: "Would it make a difference if I could make you and I a lot of money?"

Rezko's reply, according to Levine: "You bet."

In his third day of testimony, Levine, a 62-year-old businessman from Highland Park and former Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board member, told jurors he worked closely with Rezko and others to engineer the board's approval of Mercy Health System's proposed Crystal Lake hospital on April 21, ...

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