Federal Informant Says Blago was a Bookie Connected to the Mob Before He Was Governor

And this was the man Obama helped lead the people of Illinois? For such a smart man, Obama sure gets taken in by a lot of scumbags.

The ABC7 I-Team has learned that an attorney who went undercover for the FBI in the late 1980's says he told federal authorities years ago about wrongdoing by Blagojevich.

His name is Robert Cooley.

Cooley was a criminal defense lawyer in Chicago in the late 1980's who became one of the most potent witnesses against Chicago corruption, testifying for federal prosecutors in cases that resulted in dozens of convictions.

Cooley says that before Rod Blagojevich got into politics he was a bookmaker on the North Side who regularly paid the Chicago mob to operate.

Watch a video report here.