LIGHTFOOT S SCHOOL BOARD MEASURE — BURKE S GOT LEGAL BILLS — BOBBY RUSH S PHONE BILL BILL politico.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from politico.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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A political operative with ties to indicted Ald. Edward Burke (14th) and the late state Sen. Martin Sandoval pleaded guilty Tuesday to concealing material information from the FBI.
In doing so, Rudy Acosta Sr., 70, admitted that he made cash payments in order to sway Sandoval, and that he “facilitated bribe payments” to another unnamed official information he acknowledged he hid from the feds between 2017 and 2019 as he “provided information regarding other individuals’ involvement in criminal activity.”
Acosta also confirmed during a hearing Tuesday before U.S. District Judge Mary Rowland that he has agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors in exchange for a potential break at sentencing. As it stands, Acosta faces a likely prison sentence of no more than six months behind bars.
Longtime political operative Rudy Acosta, 70, pleaded guilty Tuesday to misleading the FBI in a series of interviews in 2017 and 2018 about its investigation into elected officials.
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Judge denies Pritzker motion to dismiss challenge to COVID-19 orders
The case Geneva restaurant FoxFire brought against Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s orders closing restaurants to slow the spread of COVID-19 will advance.
Sangamon County Circuit Court Judge Raylene Grischow denied Pritzker’s motion to dismiss.
Pritzker’s attorneys have 2 weeks to respond.
A hearing is set for April 28.
15,000 people in Illinois file for unemployment benefits
More than 15,000 Illinoisans filed for additional unemployment benefits last week.
That’s nearly 1,000 more that filed for the expanded traditional benefits than the week before. More than 2,200 independent contractors also applied for benefits, a decrease of around 200 from the week before.