FBI investigation into Chicago corruption secretly recorded the boss of bosses in Illinois politics – IOTW Report

FBI investigation into Chicago corruption secretly recorded the boss of bosses in Illinois politics

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I hate to raise expectations prematurely, but this could be really big.  Not only Chicago, but the entire state of Illinois has been a cesspool of political corruption as long as anyone alive can remember, all of it a subsidiary of the Democratic Party, even when, as occasionally happens, a Republican occupies the governor’s office.  For the first time, there is a hint that a long-running federal investigation may actually target the real power at the center of it all.

Late last year came news that the FBI raided the office of Alderman Ed Burke, taking boxes and boxes of records.  Burke, who is in his fiftieth year in office as an alderman, is widely regarded as the most powerful member of the City Council, a power who has outlasted every mayor, quietly running things while the more visible mayor takes the brickbats.

Now comes shocking news that another powerful member of the Chicago City Council, Alderman Danny Solis (who is retiring – gee, I wonder why!) has been wearing a wire for the feds for two years.

13 Comments on FBI investigation into Chicago corruption secretly recorded the boss of bosses in Illinois politics

  1. “…The fact that Solis wore a wire for two years, and as chair of the zoning committee was at the heart of Chicago corruption, raises some really interesting possibilities for identifying big fish.”

    chairman of the zoning committee.
    wake me up when they get to the railroad job they’re doing on obama’s library. Which isn’t going to be a library, and will be sited on Jackson Park, which was designed by Fredrick Law Ohlmsted. He is also the designer of NYC’s Central Park. The park was created in 1869 and was the site of the 1893 Columbian Exposition. obama is getting 20 acres of the park to convert to parking lots and his complex (!) for the sum of $1. That’s right, one dollar. He would have to buy land otherwise. The general public does not want to lose the park, or their neighborhood.
    I bet they didn’t even look at that topic, as the timeline suggests this investigation started while he was in office.
    Nah, there’s no corruption in chicongo

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  2. @JDHasty January 30, 2019 at 2:37 pm

    > THe FBI has as much credibility these days as the major media sources. It is damn shame, but that doesn’t make it any less true.

    Santa Claus has as much credibility these days as a department store hobo. It’s a damn shame, but that doesn’t make it any less true.

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