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Desmond Tutu Absolves <strike>Mayor Daley</strike> The Media

Desmond Tutu Absolves Mayor Daley The Media

Well, sort of. It was a bizarre scene at City Hall today. South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, in town to give a speech on gun violence, attended Daley's press conference today. When a reporter asked Mayor Daley how many times he had flown on a private jet owned by EduCap, as alleged last week, Daley replied, “Once or twice, we pointed that out. Yes, you’ve got all the facts on that." EduCap funded the Academy of Achievement, which happened to pay the Mayor's wife, Maggie, a sizable amount of money for help in 2006 and 2007. Daley than began pontificating on the Academy and, eventually, Tutu felt compelled to respond. Here's how the exchange went down, via the Trib's Clout Street. more ›

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