MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
BUCKLO, District Judge.
Percy Giles, an Alderman for the 37th Ward of the City of Chicago, was indicted under federal and state extortion, bribery, and racketeering charges in 1997. The gravamen of the charges relevant here was that in January 1995, Giles used his office to attempt to extort money from one John Christopher in exchange for Giles' arranging for city work to be contracted to Teka, a company allegedly secretly...
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