>>> NEW EFFORTS FROM MICHAEL MADIGAN'S ATTORNEY TO SUPPRESS KEY EVIDENCE IN HIS UPCOMING BRIBERY TRIAL.

THERE IS FALLOUT OF ALLEGATIONS OF HAZING AND RACISM AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY'S FOOTBALL TEAM.

WITH THAT AND MORE IS OUR SPOTLIGHT POLITICS TEAM, HECTORTIA ALAND A SPECIAL GUEST WITH CAPITAL NEWS ILLINOIS.

HANNAH, WHAT IS THIS EVIDENCE THAT THE ATTORNEYS ARE TRYING TO SUPPRESS?

THE PROSECUTORS ARE SAYING THIS IS JUST A FLIMSY EFFORT TO CREATE AN AIR OF IMPROPRIETY WHERE NONE EXISTS.

>> RIGHT.

MADIGAN IS ACCUSED OF STEERING BUSINESS TOWARDS HIS PRIVATE LAW FIRM, A PROPERTY TAX FIRM.

HIS LAWYERS ARE TRYING TO SUPPRESS WIRE TAPS THAT CAME OUT OF FORMER ALDERMAN TURNED GOVERNMENT MOLL, DANNY SOLIS.

SOLIS AND A DEVELOPER IS COOPERATING WITH THE FED.

THEY MET IN THE LAW OFFICE TO DISCUSS THE REDEVELOPMENT OF PARCELED LAND IN CHINA TOWN.

THIS BECAME THE BASIS OF WIRE TAPS IN THE FUTURE THAT WOULD END UP IN THIS INDICTMENT.

SO THE DEFENSE ATTORNEYS SAY THAT SOLIS HIMSELF SAID THERE WAS NOTHING IMPROPER ABOUT THIS.

I WOULD HAVE AS HEAD OF THE ZONING COMMITTEE APPROVED THE CHANGE ANYWAY.

>> SO MAYBE THAT IS WHY THE DEFENSE ATTORNEYS ARE SAYING WHY DOES THIS NEED TO BE ADMITTED AS EVIDENCE.

THIS IS BACK AND FORTH BEFORE THE TRIAL.

WHAT ELSE DID WE LEARN FROM THE FILINGS?

>> IT MAKES THE STARKEST CASE THAT MICHAEL MADIGAN WAS RUNNING A CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE, ABUSING HIS POWER AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL TO BENEFIT NOT JUST HIMSELF BUT HIS ASSOCIATES WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE CHARGES THAT CONVICTED FOUR FORMER EXECUTIVES AND LOBBYISTS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WITH CON ED.

>> THE DIAGRAM DOES RUN TOGETHER IN THIS CASE.

THERE WERE ALSO WIRE TAPS OF TIM MAZE WHO IS CHARGED IN HIS OWN CASE.

HOW DOES HE FIT INTO THE PICTURE?

>> HE SPENT THREE DECADES AS MADIGAN'S CHIEF OF STAFF, ALONG WITH THE CLERK OF ILLINOIS HOUSE AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF ILLINOIS, UNDER CHAIRMAN MADIGAN.

HE WAS THE RIGHT-HAND MAN OF MIKE MADIGAN.

>> PEOPLE SAY HE MADE THE TRAINS RUN ON TIME.

>> YES.

IN THIS FILING, THE FEDS ARE FOR THE FIRST TIME DESCRIBING SOME OF THE WIRE TAP PHONE CALLS BETWEEN MADIGAN AND MIKE McCLAIN WHO WAS ONE OF THE FOUR CONVICTED AND ALSO STANDS CONVICTED IN THE SEPARATE MADIGAN TRIAL WHICH STARTS NEXT SPRING.

SO BASICALLY, THE PHONE CALLS SHOW JUST HOW CLOSE THE TWO MEN ARE.

THEY HAD A RELATIONSHIP INDEPENDENT OF MADIGAN, HOW LOYAL THEY WERE TO EACH OTHER, AND BASICALLY, HE IS ACCUSED OF LYING TO THE GRAND JURY WHEN THEY THOUGHT HIS TESTIMONY ABOUT McCLAIN'S ACTIONS AND INVOLVEMENT WITH MADIGAN'S SO-CALLED ENTERPRISE.

>> RIGHT.

>> SO MACE, EVEN THOUGH HE WAS GRANTED IMMUNITY, THE FED ATTORNEYSED HE LIED AND THEY HIT HIM WITH A COUNT OF PERJURY.

>> MACE AND McCLAIN, INVOLVED IN THE MADIGAN CASE AND ALSO FACING CHARGES OF THEIR OWN.

AND THEN YOU BROUGHT UP THE COMMENT THAT THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO APPEAL THE CONVICTION TO THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, SEVENTH CIRCUIT.

WHAT GROUNDS?

>> THEY ARE SAYING I'M INNOCENT, THE VERDICT WAS INCORRECT, RIFE WITH ERROR.

THAT IS A REALLY HIGH BAR TO CLEAR IN THE APPELLATE COURT.

BUT ALL OF THESE APPEALS WILL STRETCH OUT THE CASE AND POTENTIALLY DELAY ANY JIEL TIME AT THE FOUR EXECUTIVES CAN SERVE.

SINCE THEY CAN AFFORD THESE LAWYERS AND COURT CASES, IT IS IN THEIR BEST INTEREST TO STRETCH IT OUT.

>> ARE THEY PAYING FOR IT OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKET OR CON ED?

>> IT DEPENDS.

THE DEFENSES ARE NOT PAID BUT THE CEO, PART OF THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT SET UP THE COVERAGE UNLESS A CONVICTION IS UPHELD.

>> I WOULD IMAGINE THESE ARE BIG FEES.

AND MY NEXT QUESTION, WHEN DO YOU THINK WE WILL SEE ACTUAL SENTENCING RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE JUDGE?

>> SO SHORTLY AFTER THE CONVICTIONS WERE HANDED DOWN IN MAY, WE HEARD THAT IT WOULD HOLD UP UNTIL JANUARY WHICH IS A REALLY LONG TIME TO SIT IN JEOPARDY.

THE FORMER U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT HERE SAID THAT RIGHT AWAY, WE WILL APPEAL.

THIS IS ALSO ON THE GROUNDS OF NOT ONLY WAS IT SPECIFIC TO THE JURY TRIAL THAT WE HAD BUT ALSO BECAUSE THERE IS -- THE JURY WAS BASICALLY NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ASKING ITSELF, WAS THERE A TRUE PRID QUO PRO HERE.

REALLY, THE STANDARD HERE IN THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT IS WAS THERE A THING OF VALUE.

IN OTHER CIRCUITS, THE QUID PRO QUO STANDARD IS THE STANDARD.

THIS IS POSSIBLE THAT IT COULD END UP IN THE U.S. SUPREME COURT OR A SIMILAR CASE COULD WHICH COULD THEN DETERMINE THE OUTCOME RETROACTIVELY.

AND AGAIN, YOU PROBABLY NEED DEEP POCKETS TO FUND THIS ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPREME COURT.

BACK AT THE CITY LEVEL, MARISSA NOVARWAS THE HOUSING COMMISSIONER UNDER MAYOR LIGHT FOOT.

SHE ANNOUNCED SHE IS LEAVING.

WHAT IS HER LEGACY?

>> SHE WAS BROUGHT ON TO ADDRESS THE LEGACY OF SEGREGATION IN CHICAGO.

YOU HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONCENTRATED ON THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDES AND NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING DOWNTOWN AND ON THE NORTH SIDE.

SHE REALLY WAS HIRED TO ADDRESS AND TACKLE THAT ISSUE.

BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, SHE OVERHAULED THE CITY'S MOST POWERFUL TOOL TO FORCE DEVELOPERS TO BUILD AFFORDABLE UNITS WHEN THEY GET A SPECIAL PERMIT.

BUT THEN COVID HIT AND THEN HER JOB BECAME VERY DIFFERENT.

SHE OVERSAW MILLIONS IN RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE.

SHE IS LEAVING AFTER RUNNING A FOUR YEAR RACE, SHE SAYS, AND IS LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT IS NEXT.

I THINK MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT SHE WOULD STAY ON UNDER MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON SINCE THEY SEEM TO HAVE SIMILAR SUPPORT TO COUNTERACT SEGREGATION.

BUT THAT IS ANOTHER APPOINTMENT THAT JOHNSON WILL HAVE TO MAKE IN THE COMING DAYS.

>> AND ANOTHER ONE THAT HE WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE IS THAT OF POLICE SUPERINTENDENT.

WE WILL LEARN A LOT MORE TOMORROW ABOUT WHO IT MAY BE.

TELL US ABOUT THAT.

>> AFTER MONTHS OF SEARCHING THE COMMUNITY COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY WILL UNVEIL THE THREE PEOPLE THAT THEY THINK MAYOR JOHNSON SHOULD CHOOSE FROM FOR THE CITY'S TOP COP.

THEY MEET TOMORROW IN A PUBLIC SESSION ON THE SOUTH SIDE, 6:30.

IT WILL BE THE FIRST RESULT OF THE NEW PROCESS WHICH IS A NEW COMMISSION THAT HAS NEVER RUN THE SEARCH BEFORE.

IT USED TO BE DONE BY THE POLICE BOARD.

IT SETS UP A REALLY DIFFICULT DECISION FOR JOHNSON WHOSE SUPERINTENDENT WILL BE IN CHARGE OF HIS PLAN TO ADDRESS VIOLENCE AND CRIME IN CHICAGO.

>> A FEW DAYS AGO, WE TALKED ABOUT THE SIX SEMI FINALISTS ON THE LIST NOW.

WE WILL WAIT AND SEE WHO THE THREE ARE.

MAYOR JOHNSON CAN PICK FROM THAT OR START THE PROCESS OVER.

HEATHER, I KNOW YOU ARE FOCUSED ON SPRINGFIELD.

HAVE YOU BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO THE HAZING INVESTIGATION AT NORTHWESTERN?

YOU HAVE DAN WEBB AND MAGGIE HICKEY INVOLVED ON BOTH SIDES OF THESE THINGS.

>> THESE ARE NAMES THAT HAVE BEEN COMING UP AGAIN AND AGAIN IN CHICAGO POLITICS, AND INVESTIGATIONS.

MAGGIE HICKEY, WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE MADIGAN SITUATION.

AFTER TIM MACE LEFT HIS JOB AS CHIEF OF STAFF IN 2018, AFTER HARASSMENT ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM, SHE WAS BROUGHT IN TO DO A TOP TO BOTTOM INVESTIGATION OF THE SITUATION.

SHE WAS BROUGHT IN ON SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES, NOT SEXUAL HARASSMENT BUT IN INVESTIGATION CAPACITY UNDER THE ROUNER ADMINISTRATION.

SHE IS A WELL RESPECTED PERSON.

BUT YOU HAVE TO WONDER, ARE THERE ANY OTHER PEOPLE?

>> AND I SHOULD MENTION THAT SHE DID THE REPORT THAT CORROBORATED THE ALLEGATIONS OF HAZING.

AND NOW LEADING THE CONSENT DECREE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

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