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2025-03-11 Government Corruption

Chicago mayor discloses 'secret gifts,' city will donate them, days after Rep Brandon Gill exposed 'ethical concerns'

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Posted by Fred 2025-03-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11144 views ] Top

#1 This is all one big joke if anyone is going to pretend there was any sort of "transparency" here.

I spent a decade as a Federal Bank Examiner. We were drilled early and often that we couldn't even accept a lunch at a Western Sizzler from a bank we were examining.

We've got to stop splitting hairs over this crap and just designate them as the *crimes* that they are.

Posted by Crusader 2025-03-11 00:06|| 2025-03-11 00:06|| Front Page Top

#2 The cufflinks, the pen and the other material gifts are pretty small potatoes.

The more serious stuff is, for example, giving friends and relatives of the mayor jobs that don't require him to work, large donations to campaign funds that end up being used for personal benefit, and sweetheart deals that involve the mayor or his friends and relatives buying real estate at less than market or getting loans with no interest or forgivable principle.

Posted by Lord Garth 2025-03-11 10:19|| 2025-03-11 10:19|| Front Page Top

#3
So basically if the Mayor robbed a bank and was later identified, and gave back $$$$. Then it is ok under Illinois law?

Posted by NN2N1 2025-03-11 10:25|| 2025-03-11 10:25|| Front Page Top

#4 ^3
Actually, it might be. If the Bank decided not to testify against the Mayor and there were no other witnesses, prosecution might be difficult. The mayor could claim that it was all a stunt or a test designed to help the bank be more secure.

Posted by Lord Garth 2025-03-11 21:43|| 2025-03-11 21:43|| Front Page Top

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