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#1 steveTA84

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Posted 28 October 2019 - 12:11 PM

https://wgntv.com/20...ruption-scheme/

CHICAGO Illinois State Rep. Luis Arroyo (D-Chicago) has been charged in a scheme to pay another elected official.

The charges were unsealed in a federal courtroom in Chicago Monday.

Prosecutors accuse Arroyo, who is the assistant majority leader in Springfield, with offering to illicit payments to an unidentified state senator. The state senator is cooperating in the investigation, according to federal officials.


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Posted 28 October 2019 - 12:22 PM

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Posted 28 October 2019 - 12:24 PM

Love the CW-1 designation to the senator that was given the bribe.


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Posted 28 October 2019 - 12:25 PM

Yet another crooked Illinois politician goes down in flames.  


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Posted 28 October 2019 - 01:17 PM

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Posted 28 October 2019 - 02:23 PM

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Posted 28 October 2019 - 02:50 PM

Would love to know which already charged A-hole CW1 is!


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Posted 28 October 2019 - 03:19 PM

Would love to know which already charged A-hole CW1 is!

 

I'm guessing his/her work isn't done, the complaint says they have been feeding the FBI info since 2016, and this incident happened this year, I would guess there is likely a lot more that is going to come out that was fed to the FBI over that last three years from CW-1!


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Posted 28 October 2019 - 03:23 PM

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CW1 and Individual A are both males, so that narrows it all down slightly

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Posted 28 October 2019 - 03:39 PM

CWs in the ILGA:
Sen. Chuck Weaver (R-37)
Sen. Craig Wilcox (R-32)
Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch (D-7)

Senator and "nearing the end" (presumably retirement) would imply Chuck Weaver to me more than Craig Wilcox.
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Posted 28 October 2019 - 04:17 PM

I think CW probably means "confidential witness".

Could be wrong, though.
 

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Posted 28 October 2019 - 04:31 PM

I think CW probably means "confidential witness".Could be wrong, though.


Hopefully we’ll know more soon. They met at a Highland Park restaurant, which could help narrow it down. To bad it wasn’t JM-1 and “she”....

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Posted 28 October 2019 - 04:45 PM

CW1 and Individual A are both males, so that narrows it all down slightly


You gonna FOIA that email?

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Posted 28 October 2019 - 04:58 PM

CW1 and Individual A are both males, so that narrows it all down slightly


You gonna FOIA that email?

Tried on a few legislators before. Was denied each time

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Posted 28 October 2019 - 05:18 PM

CW1 and Individual A are both males, so that narrows it all down slightly


You gonna FOIA that email?


Tried on a few legislators before. Was denied each time


You're not going to get anything until the case is disposed. That could be years from now.
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Posted 28 October 2019 - 05:21 PM

I think CW probably means "confidential witness".

Could be wrong, though.


In previous FBI docs for other cases, I've seen "anonymous" people referenced by their initials, leading to several of them being not quite so anonymous. Maybe they've learned their lesson.
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Posted 28 October 2019 - 05:29 PM

I think CW probably means "confidential witness".

Could be wrong, though.

 

Yep, page #4 of the compliant found in the first link...

 

"11.  According to publicly available information, Cooperating Witness 1 ("CW-1") is an Illinois State Senator."


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Posted 28 October 2019 - 05:49 PM

I think CW probably means "confidential witness".Could be wrong, though.

i was thinking criminal witness.


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Posted 28 October 2019 - 06:06 PM

Skokie and Highland Park. Hmmm...


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Posted 28 October 2019 - 07:38 PM

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Posted 28 October 2019 - 08:17 PM

Shouldnt be real hard to find out who sponsored the legislation Arroyo was presenting him. Looks like they call it sweepstakes legislation.


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Posted 28 October 2019 - 08:33 PM

Shouldnt be real hard to find out who sponsored the legislation Arroyo was presenting him. Looks like they call it sweepstakes legislation.


Already looked it up and don’t think it was ever filed

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Posted 28 October 2019 - 08:55 PM

Some speculation of Dorothy Brown or Sandoval . Amazing that politicians are allowed to have these lobbying type companies. He owned Spartacus 3 or some such foolishness. Their mission statement may as well just say corruption for hire. Also Arroyos kid is a Cook County commissioner i believe. Whole darn state stinks but Cook smells  the worst.


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Posted 28 October 2019 - 09:22 PM

Hhmm,  interesting.  One article says "$10,000 bond" and the other says "personal recognizance bond".  Either way, I would bet that Arroyo was out of the building before the ink was dry on the judge's signature.  :pinch:

"Assistant majority leader" - does that mean he is #2 to "Lurch"?? :devil:  The noose tightens !! :clap: :hyper: 


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Posted 28 October 2019 - 10:22 PM

Hhmm,  interesting.  One article says "$10,000 bond" and the other says "personal recognizance bond".  Either way, I would bet that Arroyo was out of the building before the ink was dry on the judge's signature.  :pinch:

"Assistant majority leader" - does that mean he is #2 to "Lurch"?? :devil:  The noose tightens !! :clap: :hyper: 

 

There is still a bail amount attached to the i-bond, you just don't have to pony up the 10% as your signature is taken in lieu of the 10% cash.

 

My guess is his lawyer quickly got the traditional d-bond shifted to an i-bond because as everyone knows those in power and/or with money get treated differently.


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Posted 28 October 2019 - 11:35 PM

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Not only that, but the 13-page criminal complaint unsealed Monday against Arroyo reveals the on-and-off cooperation with the FBI of the state senator - who wore a wire on Arroyo in hopes of landing a reduced sentence for filing false income tax returns. A source identified that lawmaker as Sen. Terry Link, D-Vernon Hills, a chief architect of the gambling package that cleared Springfield earlier this year.
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Posted 29 October 2019 - 12:01 AM

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Not only that, but the 13-page criminal complaint unsealed Monday against Arroyo reveals the on-and-off cooperation with the FBI of the state senator - who wore a wire on Arroyo in hopes of landing a reduced sentence for filing false income tax returns. A source identified that lawmaker as Sen. Terry Link, D-Vernon Hills, a chief architect of the gambling package that cleared Springfield earlier this year.
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SCC says Terry Link too. Funny how they eat their own. Keep on rolling Feds.


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Posted 29 October 2019 - 06:20 AM

 

I think CW probably means "confidential witness".Could be wrong, though.

i was thinking criminal witness.


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CW stands for cooperating witness. 


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Posted 29 October 2019 - 06:40 AM

If any of y'all watch Ozark, this is literally the plot line for the most recent season. Gambling legislation and everything.
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Posted 29 October 2019 - 07:08 AM

If any of y'all watch Ozark, this is literally the plot line for the most recent season. Gambling legislation and everything.


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