The feds want to use the new allegations against
the pair at their corruption trial next month, saying it was part of the father and son's conspiracy to make money off the dad's connections.
While Mr. Blake, a veteran of both Obama campaigns, maintained there would be a strict «firewall» between his work
at Hilltop and the State Legislature, the appearance of a conflict of interest, coupled with a
pair of federal
corruption convictions predicated on outside income, proved too great to overcome.