Friday, October 16, 2015

Hiring, ‘pay to play’ focuses of Dorothy Brown probe

Hiring, ‘pay to play’ focuses of Dorothy Brown probe

Written By Robert Herguth, Chris Fusco and Dane Placko Posted: 10/15/2015, 06:53pm

 

Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown | Sun-Times file photo
Federal investigators are looking into whether Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown accepted loans from employees in exchange for jobs or promotions as part of a wide-ranging probe into possible corruption, according to sources.
A source familiar with the case said the U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago has a grand jury looking into Brown’s conduct, including loans she might have gotten from employees “in connection to employment.”

 
Another source, speaking of having been interviewed by the FBI more than a year ago, said, “They asked me about personnel stuff. Was somebody paying for a job? . . . Why was this person promoted? . . . Pay to play.”
Those revelations come as federal agents visited Brown’s South Side house last week and seized her county-issued cellphone

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