Ex-Cook County Official Cops To Extortion, Bribe Schemes

By Megan Stride · July 1, 2013, 2:35 PM EDT

A former Cook County Commissioner pled guilty in Illinois federal court Monday to one count of conspiracy to commit extortion, admitting that he used his political sway to secure a government...

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