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Former Portage Mayor James Snyder, federal attorneys make their case for, against hearing by Supreme...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 7 months agoFederal attorneys don’t think former Portage Mayor James Snyder deserves to have his conviction on a...
Former Portage Mayor James Snyder ordered to report to federal prison in October
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe saga of the federal court case against disgraced former Portage Mayor James Snyder inched closer...
Federal appeals court keeps former Portage Mayor James Snyder’s two convictions in place
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFormer Portage Mayor James Snyder’s bid to have his federal convictions dismissed for a $13,000...
Federal appeals court denies another hearing for former Portage Mayor James Snyder
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo Finance· 11 months agoDisgraced former Portage Mayor James Snyder has lost his most recent, and likely final, bid for a...
Illegal bribe or legitimate ‘gratuity’: How a $13,000 payment to an Indiana mayor could alter...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo Finance· 5 months agoIt was Christmastime 2013, and Portage Mayor James Snyder was in trouble. His mortgage business had...
WIRES // ‘What does ‘corruptly’ mean?’: Supreme Court has tough questions over bribery prosecutions...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA government attorney faced tough questioning Monday from U.S. Supreme Court justices over concerns that the federal bribery statute often used to prosecute public officials, including a former ...
Ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s racketeering trial postponed 6 months pending Supreme...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo Finance· 6 months agoCHICAGO — Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s landmark racketeering trial was postponed...
America’s Most Corrupt Mayors Have a Friend in the Supreme Court
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe Supreme Court announced this week that it would take up a few major cases. One involved...
Corruption or Just Politics? Supreme Court Weighs New Bribery Case as More Clashes Are Brewing
The Wall Street Journal· 2 months agoWASHINGTON—The Supreme Court for years has been making it more challenging for prosecutors to bring...
Afternoon Briefing: Supreme Court has tough questions over bribery prosecutions
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 months agoGood afternoon, Chicago. A government attorney faced tough questioning today from U.S. Supreme Court...