The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
Mayor Daley's son and nephew have hired a criminal defense attorney to represent them in the ongoing investigation of their investment in a sewer-cleaning company that won millions of dollars in no-bid contract extensions from City Hall.
Charles Sklarsky, a former federal prosecutor now with the law firm of Jenner & Block, confirmed Thursday he is representing Patrick Daley and his cousin Robert Vanecko.
Sklarsky wouldn't discuss the investigation, which the city's inspector general and federal authorities began in December 2007.
That was days after the Chicago Sun-Times disclosed that Daley's son and nephew had held a hidden ownership stake in Municipal Sewer Services and that the company saw its city business -- inspecting and cleaning sewers -- soar during the time they were owners.
Patrick Daley and Vanecko invested $65,000 in the company in 2003, but Municipal didn't disclose their interest on documents it filed with City Hall. At the time, a city ordinance required such disclosure by city contractors. Daley and Vanecko have said they cashed out in late 2004. That was as the Hired Truck scandal prompted reforms at City Hall.
The Sun-Times even has this on Barack Obama's former boss Allison Davis:
Separately, a federal grand jury has subpoenaed records from the state housing authority for all records involving its dealings with Davis. The authority has financed several low-income housing projects for Davis, including some involving Tony Rezko, the convicted influence peddler and onetime key adviser to former Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Rezko and Davis were longtime business partners.
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subject of cashing in on Daley connections.
