chicago politics

Approaching the end of a week already dominated by judiciary events, The Associated Press is running an intriguing story announcing that Chicago-based U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald is poised this afternoon to announce new public corruption charges against an unnamed elected official.
According to a statement from the U.S. attorney’s office, there are two separate criminal cases. [...]

Here’s an important follow-up to the earlier post about claims that emissaries to Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) offered cash to Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich in return for a Senate seat: Investigators have no evidence, outside of Blagojevich’s words, that the episode occurred. From MSNBC: