Closing arguments expected Monday in bribery trial of Illinois state Sen. Emil Jones III

Jurors hint at impasse in bribery trial of Illinois state Sen. Emil Jones III

CHICAGO — Jurors on Wednesday told the judge overseeing the federal corruption trial of state Sen. Emil Jones III that they may be approaching a deadlock in their deliberations. In a note late in its second full day of talks, the panel wrote to...

Prosecutors say Sen. Emil Jones III’s alleged bribery was ‘crystal clear’ as the case goes to jury - IPM Newsroom

Illinois Newsroom - State Sen. Emil Jones III’s federal corruption trial is nearing its end as the jury deliberated for two hours Monday after hearing closing arguments. The post Prosecutors say Sen. Emil Jones III’s alleged bribery was ‘crystal clear’ as the case goes to jury appeared first on IPM Newsroom.

Prosecutors say Sen. Emil Jones III’s alleged bribery was ‘crystal clear’ as the case goes to jury – Capitol News IL

Jones, a Chicago Democrat, is accused of agreeing to accept $5,000 from red-light camera entrepreneur Omar Maani in exchange for changing legislation requiring a study of the red-light camera industry so it wouldn’t have any bearing on SafeSpeed’s extremely profitable business model.

Deliberations resume in state Sen. Emil Jones III bribery trial

Jurors on Tuesday resumed deliberations in the federal corruption trial of state Sen. Emil Jones III, after nine days in which prosecutors argued Jones had sold his power as a state senator for the promise of a $5,000 campaign contribution and a minimum wage job for his intern. Jones’ defense attorneys argued that the South Side Democrat was caught in a web of other lawmakers on the take who had corrupt relationships with Omar Maani, a red-light…

Capitol Fa - Your Illinois News Radar » Closing arguments underway in Sen. Emil Jones III bribery trialCapitolFax.com

* Subscribers were briefed on the trial this morning. Last week, Sen. Emil Jones III testified in his own defense. The Tribune… “Ever since I was a child, I always wanted to be a state senator like my father and I decided to run,” Jones told the jury, leaving out that his father orchestrated a [...]

Illinois Sen. Emil Jones III claims he never made a deal for a red-light camera executive to raise $5,000 for his campaign, even though the FBI recorded Jones telling him, “If you get me five thousand, that would be good.” That’s “between zero and five thousand dollars,” Jones told a federal grand jury Wednesday. The Southern Democrat claimed he also had no interest in eliminating red-light cameras. So when he told Omar Maani he would protect hi…