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Chicago Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson, the grandson and nephew of the city’s two longest-serving mayors, is poised Monday to become the first member of his family’s political dynasty to face a jury in a criminal trial.
Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson’s tax fraud case opens Monday. He’ll be the first from Chicago’s Daley political family to face trial and the first sitting Chicago City Council member on trial in more than two decades.
A pool of prospective jurors is scheduled to report Friday morning to take COVID-19 tests and fill out a questionnaire for the trial of Chicago Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson, grandson and nephew of the city’s two longest-serving mayors,
William Kowalski confessed to his role in an embezzling scheme, which included a $190,000 loan to buy a boat with a Harry Potter-inspired name
Cathy Torres’ name appears on a list of potential prosecution witnesses for Thompson’s federal tax trial, which is set for Feb. 4. The feds say Torres communicated with Thompson about his loan at Washington Federal and attempts to refinance there.