The “Hog” says he wouldn’t squeal — and he got indicted because of it.Who could forget that when John Daley was younger his name appeared in Chicago Mob boss Sam Giancana's FBI File?
Cook County Commissioner William Beavers, an old-school Chicago politician who likes to call himself “The Hog With the Big Nuts,” has been indicted on federal tax charges.
The feds allege he failed to pay taxes on more than $226,000 he took from his campaign funds and his county expense account to go gambling and to boost his city pension.
The crime was not taking the money — it was failing to report it and pay taxes on it when he converted it to personal use, Fitzgerald said.
But Beavers, 77, called the indictment “horse s--- I’m not worried about.”
He said the feds only indicted him because he refused to wear a wire on fellow Commissioner John Daley, the brother of former Mayor Richard M. Daley and of former White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Chicago Machine Boss:Indictment is ‘horse s---’; wouldn’t wear wire on John Daley- Brother of William Daley
The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
