Mayor asked U.S. attorney to pass along evidence from Ald. Daniel Solis after corruption probe ends

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Mayor Lori Lightfoot may have said she was “deeply offended” by the deferred prosecution deal that federal prosecutors struck with former Ald. Daniel Solis, but she sure seems interested in any dirt he’s been dishing.

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In a letter sent to U.S. Attorney John Lausch the day before Solis’ deal was accepted by a judge last month, the mayor asked prosecutors to consider turning over any evidence Solis has provided on “wrongdoing on the part of any individual or individuals that may have engaged in wrongful acts with the city,” either past or present.

The deferred prosecution deal was signed by Solis on the day after Christmas 2018 and kept secret for nearly 3 ½ years before the U.S. attorney’s office finally put it on the record in mid-April. For months, Lightfoot, a former federal prosecutor, publicly and privately criticized Solis’ deal, calling it “unconscionable” that he might not face a conviction or lose his pension.

In the end, the city made no official move to file anything in Solis’ case. Instead, on April 20, the same day the mayor wrote her letter to the U.S. attorney’s office, Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez, 25th, wrote a letter on his own asking the judge to consider Solis’ “rampant and unchecked corruption” when weighing the deferred prosecution deal.

When Solis was confronted by investigators back in 2016, Bhachu said, he “had a choice” about what his path would be, including to refuse to cooperate, deny accountability, and fight any charges that came his way.“That is an easy path that many in this city and state have followed,” Bhachu said. “Mr. Solis chose a more difficult path, judge. He cooperated with the government for approximately six years. When we asked him to meet, he did so.

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