WBEZ reports:
When the FBI raided allegedly corrupt Ald. Ed Burke’s offices last fall, agents seized documents relating to a longtime supporter of Ald. Danny Solis, who is a government mole.
Records made public Wednesday evening show the feds’ Nov. 29 raid of Burke’s City Hall office yielded two folders pertaining to Brian Hynes, a lawyer and former aide to Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago).
Hynes also has been a close ally of Solis for many years. Solis has not been charged with wrongdoing but is cooperating with federal authorities. He wore a wire to secretly record conversations with Burke.
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In a text message to WBEZ, Hynes said he had “no clue” why his name would appear on documents generated in the Burke raids.
“I haven’t spoken to Burke in many years,” Hynes said.
Hynes also said he had not been contacted by the feds since the investigation into Antonin “Tony” Rezko, a former Hynes associate who was caught up in the corruption probe that ultimately nabbed former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
Earlier Wednesday, WBEZ reported that mayoral candidate Susana Mendoza has received tens of thousands of dollars in the past year from Solis’ Democratic ward organization and from companies whose board members are also investors in Hynes’ company, Vendor Assistance Program LLC.
Solis’ sister Patti Solis Doyle founded VAP with Hynes but sold her stake in the firm in 2016.
Last May, VAP sent out a news release listing Danny Solis’ daughter Sol Solis as the “contact” person for the company.
The Hynes folders were referenced in handwritten FBI records that the City Council’s Finance Committee released Wednesday, after weeks of stonewalling media requests for the public documents.
No word yet from Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama on this story.
