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Hastert uses government office for private business

June 14, 2024 at 6:51 p.m.

Former U.S. House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert has conducted private business ventures through a little-known government office that has cost taxpayers about $1.8 million, a Tribune investigation has found. Former...

Hastert used government office for private business

June 14, 2024 at 6:51 p.m.

Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert has conducted private business ventures through a little-known government office that has cost taxpayers about $1.8 million, a Tribune investigation has found. Federal law...

Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert departs the federal courthouse in Chicago after his arraignment on charges of violating banking rules and lying to the FBI.

Hastert used government office for private business

August 18, 2019 at 7:46 p.m.

Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert has conducted private business ventures through a little-known government office that has cost taxpayers about $1.8 million, a Tribune investigation has found. Federal law...

How clout keeps court cases secret

December 23, 2018 at 2:10 p.m.

On the eighth floor of the Daley Center, behind a locked metal door, is a narrow room known as the vault. Within its walls reside files that Cook County Circuit...

How clout keeps court cases secret

December 24, 2018 at 6:09 p.m.

On the eighth floor of the Daley Center, behind a locked metal door, is a narrow room known as the vault. Within its walls reside files that Cook County Circuit...

Book: Blagojevich said he believed Rezko channeled $25,000 to Obama

December 24, 2018 at 11:52 a.m.

An upcoming book about Rod Blagojevich says undercover recordings caught the former governor saying he had heard that convicted influence peddler Antoin "Tony" Rezko secretly channeled $25,000 in cash to...

When public officials keep health issues private

December 24, 2018 at 10:47 a.m.

Rep.Jesse Jackson Jr.used a common complaint — exhaustion — to explain a medical leave he began in June. More than three weeks after Jackson went on leave, his spokesman revealed...

Kirk co-sponsored bills helping ex-girlfriend’s clients

December 24, 2018 at 5:48 a.m.

U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk was a leading sponsor of congressional legislation that has meant $5.3 million for two clients of his onetime girlfriend, and he is backing another bill that...

Sen. Kirk’s ex-wife files campaign finance complaint

August 23, 2021 at 8:11 a.m.

Soon after Mark Kirk's ex-wife announced she would no longer support his 2010 run for the U.S. Senate, he brought her onto his campaign team, then quietly paid her after...

Kirk’s ex-wife files FEC complaint questioning campaign payments

June 14, 2024 at 6:53 p.m.

Soon after Mark Kirk's ex-wife announced she would no longer support his 2010 run for the U.S. Senate, he brought her onto his campaign team, then quietly paid her after...

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