Reply #19: IL: Trial begins in Secretary of State corruption case [View All]

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HOI (abc) News Online

By Ian Schwartz
Posted: Monday, September 11, 2006 at 5:54 PM

PEORIA -- Republican candidate for Secretary of State Dan Rutherford blasted the Secretary of State Jesse White’s administration Monday for hiring a corrupt employee.

Former Secretary of State Agency Director Cecil Turner was in court Monday for corruption charges involving a six-year-old payroll scam.

Turner is a convicted felon and Rutherford said this current trial is happening because White's administration was asleep at the wheel.

Rutherford went on to say this all could have been avoided, but in 2000, White did not allow internal corruption investigations of his cabinet.

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