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Prosecutors want up to 5 years in prison for former Madigan aide Tim Mapes, while defense asks for community service

Prosecutors are asking for up to about five years in prison for Tim Mapes, the former chief of staff to House Speaker Michael Madigan, arguing in a court filing late Monday that Mapes lied to a federal grand jury in a cynical attempt to protect his boss instead of serving the citizens of Illinois. “Mapes’ lies were calculated to thwart the government’s sprawling investigation of a series of .

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Capitol Fax com - Your Illinois News Radar » Mapes asks for leniency, feds want him to serve 5 years

Capitol Fax com - Your Illinois News Radar » Mapes asks for leniency, feds want him to serve 5 years
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Owner of construction company with ties to Ald Carrie Austin probe pleads guilty in bribery case

Owner of construction company with ties to Ald Carrie Austin probe pleads guilty in bribery case
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Owner of construction company with ties to Ald Carrie Austin probe pleads guilty to bribing county official

The owner of a Chicago-area construction company with ties to the investigation of former Ald. Carrie Austin pleaded guilty Wednesday to bribing an employee of the Cook County assessor’s office to reduce taxes on his properties by more than half a million dollars. Alex Nitchoff, 56, of Lemont, pleaded guilty to one count each of conspiracy to bribe a public official and using a facility in .

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Republican National Committee backs effort to block mail-in ballots received after Election Day

As the Republican National Committee embarks on a strategy to encourage mail-in-voting — a method strongly opposed in the past by former President Donald Trump — it also is backing an appeal in a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn an Illinois law that allows mail-in ballots cast on or before Election Day to be counted up to 14 days afterward. The RNC, which is promoting a “bank the vote” .

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