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Closing arguments were set to begin Wednesday in the bribery trial of a politically connected Chicago businessman accused of arranging to pay off two state legislators in exchange for their assistance pushing legislation beneficial to his sweepstakes gaming machine operation. James T. Weiss, 44, who is the son-in-law of former Cook County Democratic boss Joseph Berrios, is charged in a .
The jury in the bribery trial of a politically connected businessman on Tuesday heard a veiled reference to the businessman’s father-in-law: Ex-Cook County Democratic boss Joseph Berrios.