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IL Official Who Dealt With Emanuel to Testify
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Former Governor Rod Blagojevich's top aide asked Rahm Emanuel for help in 2006.

Bradley Tusk was Blagojevich's deputy governor when he asked Emanuel to write a letter to a newspaper defending Blagojevich.

Emanuel is now President Barack Obama's chief of staff. In 2006, he was an Illinois congressman and political ally of the governor now on trial for political corruption.

Emanuel's staff asked for Tusk's help in releasing a state grant on the same day Tusk asked for his favor.

Tusk testified Monday in Blagojevich's corruption trial about an alleged extortion attempt by Blagojevich involving the grant.

Tusk told The Associated Press after court he didn't remember the letter to the newspaper.

The White House didn't respond to requests for comment.

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