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A longtime political operative at the center of the investigation into former Chicago Ald. Daniel Solis pleaded not guilty Friday in alleged schemes to influence a massive Chicago Public Schools janitorial contact and solicit campaign cash for Solis. Roberto Caldero, 68, was charged last week in an eight-count indictment with wire fraud, federal program bribery and facilitating bribery, allegedly in a plan to exchange the contributions for the alderman’s help renaming a street and city park. He pleaded not guilty during a telephonic arraignment before U.S. District Judge Steven Seeger. T...

A longtime political operative at the center of the investigation into former Ald. Daniel Solis has been charged in a scheme to steer a massive Chicago Public Schools contract to a Cleveland-based company in exchange for donations to Solis’ campaign.

A longtime political operative at the center of the investigation into former Ald. Daniel Solis has been charged in a scheme to steer a massive Chicago Public Schools contract to a Cleveland-based company in exchange for donations to Solis’ campaign. In addition to the alleged contract fraud, Roberto Caldero was also accused in an indictment filed in U.S. District Court with offering $100,000 in bribes from a suburban business owner to Solis in exchange for the alderman’s help securing an honorary street name for the businessman’s father and renaming a city park after his grandfather. S...

Chicago’s top federal prosecutor will stay on the job — for now.

Illinois’ two Democratic senators on Tuesday called on President Joe Biden to reconsider removing Chicago’s top federal prosecutor from his post, saying they were not consulted in the matter and that he should remain in office to “conclude sensitive investigations.” The joint statement by Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth came after news reports Monday said the Biden administration will seek the resignations of virtually all U.S. attorneys who were appointed by Trump — which would include John Lausch, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois.