Feds Target Chicago in New Corruption Probe? Congressman Luis Gutierrez in New Real Estate Mess

The Chicago Daily Observer has the explosive Chicago Tribune story:

U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez personally lobbied Mayor Richard Daley to back a controversial multimillion-dollar development for a campaign contributor who had just lent the congressman $200,000 in a real estate deal, a Tribune investigation has found.

Now the congressman's unusual gesture of support is under federal scrutiny as authorities investigate how developers overcame city planners' objections to convert the West Side industrial site into a more profitable residential and commercial development.

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