Ald. Isaac Carothers wore wire for a year
INDICTED | Daley ally charged with fraud and bribery despite reported cooperation with feds in probe of officials, developers
http://www.suntimes.com/news/cityhall/1597858,isaac-carothers-wire-chicago-politics-daley.article
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Excerpt:
The document identifies Carothers as “Public Official A” — with clear identifiers pointing to him, including a reference to one of his family members running for Congress in 2004.
The government filing says Carothers, 54, had been “consensually recording conversations with individuals suspected of engaging in ongoing criminal conduct.”
“These recorded conversations include meetings Public Official A has had with other public officials and real estate developers. The government expects Public Official A to continue his cooperation into late May 2009.”
There’s no indication where Carothers’ year of cooperation led.
His lawyer, Larry Beaumont, would not comment on the unsealed document. “We expect we will plead not guilty at the arraignment and look forward to trial,” Beaumont said.
It’s not clear how many of his colleagues Carothers might have ensnared. He has been somewhat radioactive since the Sun-Times reported last year he was under federal scrutiny. Colleagues have been suspicious he has been wearing a wire, City Hall sources say.
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How mind-numbed can a person be ?? ROFL .. oh yeah,
everything I say is being recorded, but make sure
you add on that patio and dummy the bills. Sheeesh.
UNBELIEVABLY stupid or just plain arrogant.