TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Percy Z. Giles, a Chicago alderman for 15 years, appeals his conviction, after a 2-week jury trial, on 13 counts of racketeering, mail fraud, extortion, and understating the income on his federal tax returns.
In essence, the indictment charged that Giles, in addition to some minor shenanigans involving his official expense account, pocketed $10,000 in cash bribes from a government mole and extorted an additional $81,000 from...
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