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It was Christmastime 2013, and Portage Mayor James Snyder was in trouble. His mortgage business had tanked, the IRS was after him for a significant tax debt, and on top of that he had holiday spending to account for. His $62,000 salary as mayor of the small working-class town just wasn’t cutting it. So Snyder showed up unannounced to Great Lakes Peterbilt, the local truck dealership he’d ...

After six weeks of the high-profile trial, attorneys will wrap up closing arguments Monday before the jury deliberates the massive fraud case.

Since late 2022, federal prosecutors in Minnesota have charged dozens of people in connection with what they allege was a widespread conspiracy to steal $250 million by falsifying reimbursement requests for 18 million meals. Closing arguments are Monday.

Lawyers argued that the Supreme Court’s decision in the Indiana case could come down “right at the end” of Madigan’s trial, “rendering any result … moot.”

A judge declined to put the ComEd bribery case fully on hold Monday despite a Supreme Court review of a key corruption law. But a similar request is expected to be made of Madigan’s judge.