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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.
Lawyers for Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson rested their case Friday after calling a series of witnesses who testified that the alderman is an honest and trustworthy person, but also lives a very over-booked life and lacks attention to detail.