# Public Official to be Indicted Today in Chicago on Corruption Charges

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-official-to-be-indicted-today-in-chicago-on-corruption-charges/497942>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 28, 2009, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-official-to-be-indicted-today-in-chicago-on-corruption-charges/497942 "2009-05-28T17:01:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-official-to-be-indicted-today-in-chicago-on-corruption-charges/497942/1 "2009-05-28T17:01:41Z")

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[Breaking news here.](http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/05/us-indictment-of-elected-official-expected.html)

No name being given yet. Any guesses? My money is on Roland Burris.

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**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-official-to-be-indicted-today-in-chicago-on-corruption-charges/497942/2 "2009-05-28T17:04:14Z")

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Well, the story says an elected official, and Burris wasn’t elected… but maybe I’m being too literal.

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**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-official-to-be-indicted-today-in-chicago-on-corruption-charges/497942/3 "2009-05-28T17:08:22Z")

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Aw, darn… It’s Alderman Ike Carothers, according to [this CBS News report.](http://cbs4.com/national/Ike.Carothers.criminal.2.1022400.html)

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-official-to-be-indicted-today-in-chicago-on-corruption-charges/497942/4 "2009-05-28T19:17:57Z")

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Is it really breaking news when an elected official gets indicted in Chicago? I would have thought it would come in somewhere between the sports and the weather… 😛

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**Author:** ![kdeus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b487fb/32.png) [@kdeus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kdeus)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-official-to-be-indicted-today-in-chicago-on-corruption-charges/497942/5 "2009-05-29T02:20:45Z")

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> [@HelloNinja](#):
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> [Breaking news here.](http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/05/us-indictment-of-elected-official-expected.html)

Also, conflict in the Middle East, bear poop found in the woods and an ABS News exclusive investigation into the religious views of Pope Benedict.

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**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-official-to-be-indicted-today-in-chicago-on-corruption-charges/497942/6 "2009-05-29T04:05:50Z")

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It’s breaking news when no one gets indicted for an entire week.