BGA reports:
Over the years, Mayor Daley has tried to downplay his relationship with the controversial Duff family, who he’s taken campaign money from and socialized with, even though some members of the clan have reputed mob ties.Yet, Mayor Daley doesn't want you to own a handgun. Got that?
But FBI documents obtained by the BGA raise fresh questions about just how close the Duffs were to Daley—and what sort of City Hall access they enjoyed during the mayor’s soon-to-end tenure.
This past July, the BGA requested the FBI file on patriarch John F. "Jack" Duff Jr. Duff—ex-con, disgraced union boss, and self-described pal of late mob chieftain Anthony Accardo and other hoodlums—died in 2008 at age 82, permitting the release of certain law enforcement files available to the public under the Freedom of Information Act.
The FBI recently released more than 600 pages that include intelligence from informants and witnesses, newspaper clips, subpoenas, notes from agents and other material, most if not all relating to Duff.
