- Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown’s husband has been hit with a federal subpoena asking him to appear before a grand jury as part of an investigation into a state anti-violence program.
[...] It’s a sign that federal authorities, who already have requested documents from two state agencies regarding Gov. Pat Quinn’s troubled Neighborhood Recovery Initiative, are taking a closer look at Cook’s role in receiving grant money from the program.
It’s the second, ongoing probe into Cook that is also looking at how monies were dispensed from the $54 million anti-violence program.
The other is a state grand jury investigation that is in part looking at a piece of property Cook and Brown received for free from a Brown political donor, then sold for $100,000.
Two investigations? Looks like Dorothy Brown has outlived her usefulness to the Machine.
And an actual indictment for the red-light camera scam:
And an actual indictment for the red-light camera scam:
- The former City Hall manager who ran Chicago’s red-light camera program was arrested today on federal charges related to the investigation of an alleged $2 million bribery scheme involving the city’s longtime vendor, Redflex Traffic Systems.
A federal complaint filed in U.S. District Court today accused John Bills of taking money and other benefits related to the contract with Redlfex. Mayor Rahm Emanuel fired the company amid the bribery scandal.
So....who can this guy throw under the bus to spare himself up to 10 years in the penitentiary? No honor among thieves and all that - this guy appears to be an outsider who hired a Chicago friend/consultant who actually ran the bribery scheme (an un-indicted co-conspirator so far) and funneled the $2 million around. Ten years is a lot of incentive even if his lawyers says he won't cooperate. And the feds don't lose these cases.
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