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Calabrese asks judge for leniency in sentence

May 16, 2019 at 7:52 a.m.

A lawyer for Outfit hit man Nicholas Calabrese has asked a judge for mercy, noting Calabrese's decision to cooperate in the landmark Family Secrets investigation almost certainly saved lives. Calabrese's...

Chicago hiring fraud trial: Prosecutors rest their case

January 30, 2019 at 4:53 a.m.

Benita Mangrum made it bright and early to an interview for a job in Chicago's Streets and Sanitation Department. Hoping to work in the bureau of electricity, she filled out...

Ex-cop gets 12 years for sending secrets to Outfit

May 6, 2020 at 11:14 p.m.

Deciding Anthony Doyle's punishment didn't really come down to whether he was a good cop or an Outfit handyman, a federal judge said Thursday. In fact, Doyle might have been...

Worker: HDO greased way

June 17, 2018 at 8:27 p.m.

Denise Alcantar had applied for jobs at the city without success—until she filled out an application to become a city truck driver at a meeting of the Hispanic Democratic Organization....

Mayoral aide’s letter surfaces at Chicago hiring-fraud trail

June 18, 2018 at 10:51 a.m.

The Hispanic Democratic Organization's "main purpose" was giving political support to Mayor Richard Daley, according to a 1993 fundraising letter made public Tuesday. Federal prosecutors entered the letter into evidence...

Testimony in federal corruption trial details Mayor Richard Daley’s machine

June 17, 2018 at 9:37 p.m.

Mayor Richard Daley has often sought to portray himself as above involvement in machine-style politics, once declaring, "My political organization is myself." But testimony Monday in a federal corruption trial...

Official: Clout got rookie job

June 17, 2018 at 8:58 p.m.

On paper, a politically connected but inexperienced truck driver looked like one of the best candidates for a job driving a city garbage truck. Aides to Mayor Richard Daley gave...

Hiring trial ties HDO work, city jobs

January 30, 2019 at 4:56 a.m.

Al Sanchez, the city's former Streets and Sanitation commissioner, lobbied top aides to Mayor Richard Daley to ensure that members of Sanchez's political organization moved to the front of the...

Trial set to begin for former aide to Richard Daley

January 29, 2019 at 9:30 p.m.

A loyal campaign worker in the powerful Hispanic Democratic Organization had been rewarded with a city job, so when a call came to cut the grass at the home of...

Sen. Roland Burris questioned in probe of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich

June 17, 2018 at 8:55 p.m.

U.S. Sen. Roland Burris was interviewed by federal authorities for several hours Saturday as part of the ongoing corruption investigation into charges that former Gov. Rod Blagojevich tried to sell...

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