Gapers Block – The Sun-Times reported on Friday that Citadel, a hedge fund founded by Kenneth Griffin, received $200 million in bailout funds in 2009 from AIG.
Griffin recently gave Bruce Rauner’s gubernatorial campaign $2.5 million in campaign contributions. Griffin has also given more than $1 million previously to Rauner’s campaign as well as allowing Rauner to use Griffin’s private jet for campaigning in Illinois.