Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Federal probe into Chicago's City Hall hiring quieting down

The Chicago Tribune reports that Pat Fitzgerald's office is slowing down on Chicago corruption:
The hiring investigation was in full tilt when prosecutors interviewed Daley for two hours in August 2005.

If federal authorities were still hot on the case, they might not be so chummy with the mayor.

At the funeral of Chicago Police Detective Joseph Airhart last month, Fitzgerald and Robert Grant, the head of the FBI's Chicago office, were seen chatting with Daley for at least 20 minutes.

And during the summer, Daley spoke at the FBI's 100th anniversary celebration at Navy Pier. After the speech, Grant and Daley posed for photographs.

No word yet on which big Chicago law firm Patrick Fitzgerald will land at?