Meisel: On the witness stand, ex-legislator finally acknowledges he wore wire for FBI
Former Sen. Terry Link testifies in bribery trial while awaiting sentencing on tax evasion charge By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois
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Former Sen. Terry Link testifies in bribery trial while awaiting sentencing on tax evasion charge By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois
Former Sen. Terry Link testifies in bribery trial while awaiting sentencing on tax evasion charge
Terry Link testified as the government's star witness in the bribery trial of well-connected businessman James Weiss.
Link, a Vernon Hills Democrat, has spent years denying news media reports that he was the legislator-turned-cooperating witness described in charging documents made public after the arrest of ex-state Rep. Luis Arroyo in October of 2019.
January 27, 2021 at 3:03 PM Shares23 I had occasion to work on a lot of matters involving charities and foundations during my time as a practicing lawyer. In the course of that work, the thing that never failed to elicit my rage was an institution taking someone’s earmarked money and trying to convert it against the donor’s wishes. I remember representing a Trustee in a case where the rest of the Board was trying to take a Foundation created for the creation and maintenance of an art museum and throw the money at a bunch of decidedly non-artistic projects. I’ve also seen a school take a...