What is corruption? U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments that could impact bribery cases in Illinois
The high court is reviewing a law that’s popular among federal prosecutors — including those pursuing former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan.
A cash-strapped mayor in northwest Indiana goes to a trucking company after engineering city contracts in its favor, and he tells its owners he needs money.
They pay him $13,000 for consulting. But there’s no evidence he did any work.
The feds call that corruption. But next week, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether the mayor even committed a crime under a law that’s popular among federal prosecutors — including those pursuing former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan.
Read more here at the Chicago Sun Times
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