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* Tribune… Burr Ridge businessman Omar Maani told a federal jury Thursday that he started bribing public officials when he was still in his 20s, making money hand-over-fist as a real estate developer and co-founder of lucrative red light camera company SafeSpeed LLC. To Maani, it was the necessary way to do business in Illinois. He testified [...]

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Capitol Fa - Your Illinois News Radar » Sen. Emil Jones III trial roundupCapitolFax.com

* Tribune… Burr Ridge businessman Omar Maani told a federal jury Thursday that he started bribing public officials when he was still in his 20s, making money hand-over-fist as a real estate developer and co-founder of lucrative red light camera company SafeSpeed LLC. To Maani, it was the necessary way to do business in Illinois. He testified [...]

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‘I want to see u’: State Sen. Emil Jones III sent ex-intern late-night texts, money for strip club

Prosecutors in the bribery trial of state Sen. Emil Jones III presented evidence Friday showing Jones took a former intern to an expensive steak dinner, gave him money for a strip club and sent late-night texts asking to get together, all shortly before pushing for him to be hired by an executive for a red-light camera company. “I want to see u,” Jones texted Christopher Katz at about 2 a.m. on July 7, 2019, according to one string of messages s…

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‘I want to hang out with u’: Sen. Emil Jones III texted ex-intern headed to strip club

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. The intern worke…

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