New Corruption Charges Coming for Ald. Carothers

As some commenters pointed out in our Burris Book post, the U.S. Atttorney's office has called a 2 p.m. press conference to announce a new indictment of a political figure. The Sun-Times is reporting it'll be against Ald. Ike Carothers (29th), who also serves as the chairman of the City Council's police and fire committee.

Here's our look from early this year at Fitzgerald's investigation into Ald. Carothers.