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Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson was found guilty on all seven counts in what was the first trial of a sitting member of the Chicago City Council since 1999.

Chicago has seen scores of politicians go down for federal crimes over the years, but the last time a sitting alderman was waiting on a jury verdict at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse was literally another millennium.

Chicago Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson is a sophisticated lawyer who decided to lie to federal regulators about a line of credit he had with a failed Bridgeport bank to get

Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson is a sophisticated lawyer who decided to lie to federal regulators about a line of credit he had with a failed Bridgeport ban to get out of paying back the full amount of his debt, a federal prosecutor said Monday.

Federal prosecutors have been laying out their case that Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson (11th Ward) committed crimes when he filed false tax returns and lied about how much he borrowed from a now-failed bank.

Federal prosecutors have been laying out their case that Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson (11th Ward) committed crimes when he filed false tax returns and lied about how much he borrowed from a now-failed bank.

Day three of Chicago Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson’s trial on federal tax charges is set to resume Wednesday with key testimony from Thompson’s former accountant.

Day three of Chicago Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson’s trial on federal tax charges is set to resume Wednesday with key testimony from Thompson’s former accountant who prepared two tax returns

The latest updates and coverage of Chicago alderman Patrick Daley Thompson as he faces allegations of tax fraud and lying to regulators.

A jury was selected Monday in the trial of Chicago Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson, the grandson and nephew of the city’s two longest-serving mayors who is the first member of