Jon Seidel
Federal Courts Reporter at Chicago Sun-Times
Federal Courts Reporter, @Suntimes; Author, “Second City Sinners”: https://t.co/0MTjYAghcY; Alum, @BSUCCIM and @PostTrib
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chicago.suntimes.com | Jon Seidel
Illinois Sen. Emil Jones III testified Thursday that federal agents asked him to wear a wire against Roseland Community Hospital CEO Tim Egan, a disclosure that immediately derailed testimony in the South Side Democrat’s federal bribery trial. Jones has occupied the witness stand in the trial ever since Tuesday afternoon. After jurors returned to the courtroom Thursday,Jones spent all of 16 minutes there before he made his comment about Egan.
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chicago.suntimes.com | Jon Seidel
Illinois Sen. Emil Jones III described the late state Sen. Martin Sandoval as a “bully”and red-light camera executive Omar Maani as a “used car salesman” as he continued his testimony Wednesday in his federal bribery trial. Jones portrayed himself at the center of a yearslong journey to reform red-light cameras in Illinois, telling jurors how he ultimately had no choice but to work with the two men who turned out to be at the center of a yearslong federal corruption investigation.
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chicago.suntimes.com | Jon Seidel
Illinois Sen. Emil Jones III will take the witness stand in his own defense as his bribery trial winds to a close, his defense attorney told the federal judge presiding over his case Tuesday. The news comes three months after former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan took the stand in his own trial earlier this year, signaling what seems to be a new trend among public corruption defendants at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse.
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chicago.suntimes.com | Jon Seidel
The bribery trial of Illinois Sen. Emil Jones III appears to be nearing its end, with prosecutors likely to rest their case Tuesday after airing Jones’ recorded interview with the FBI the day agents descended on the Illinois Capitol in September 2019. Jurors listened to the opening moments of that recording Monday.
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nbcchicago.com | Jon Seidel
Federal jurors considering the bribery case against Illinois Sen. Emil Jones III have already seen him on video socializing with fellow Sen. Martin Sandoval and red-light camera executive Omar Maani at fancy steakhouses in the city and the suburbs. But Friday, prosecutors showed jurors evidence of Jones’ more private side, revealing late-night text messages the senator, who was 41 at the time, sent to a former intern who was 23.
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