Former Alderman Edward Vrdolyak leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Nov. 22, 2016. | Santiago Covarrubias/Sun-Times Attorneys for Edward Vrdolyak are asking a judge to remove several details contained in the former Chicago alderman’s 2016 federal indictment, arguing that they are “deceptive, irrelevant and sinister sounding allegations.”
In a motion to strike filed Friday afternoon, Vrdolyak’s lawyers argue that much of the indictment “will confuse the jury and prejudice Vrdolyak.”
A grand jury hit Vrdolyak last November with a 19-page indictment that outlined his alleged role in a scheme to pocket millions from Illinois’ $9.3 billion settlement with tobacco companies nearly […]
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