Letters of support for Timothy Mapes, a former aide to Speaker Michael Madigan, have been revealed in federal court. Notable figures like Karen Yarbrough, Barbara Flynn Currie, and Steve Brown wrote letters advocating for leniency. The support comes from various Illinois Democratic heavyweights, including judges, ex-legislators, and the Cook County Clerk. Mapes, convicted of perjury, received character endorsements from friends, colleagues, and family members, aiming to sway the sentencing decision.
Friends, colleagues and family members of Timothy Mapes wrote stirring character letters on his behalf, urging a federal judge to impose a light sentence on the once-powerful state bureaucrat convicted of lying to a federal grand jury. https://t.co/wB91mfxMV9
A sitting state appellate judge, a former Illinois Supreme Court justice, multiple ex-legislators, and the Cook County Clerk all wrote letters of support for Tim Mapes, the former Springfield insider who was convicted of perjury last year. https://t.co/wkpCEpfAB5
Judges, ex-legislators, and the Cook County Clerk wrote letters of support for convicted Springfield insider Tim Mapes https://t.co/tV0Co3xerG
So a who's who of Illinois Democratic heavyweights, including the Cook County Clerk, a former supreme court judge, ex-legislators and insiders wrote letters of support for Tim Mapes. Not bad for a farm boy from Nauvoo Here's our look: https://t.co/xuLwm8mICO w/@RayLong @crepeau
Nothing quite like the tone of letters that fellow politicos send judges to urge leniency for corruption convicts https://t.co/dzxzh85d9b
JUST IN: Letters written to the court on behalf of Tim Mapes, former aide to Speaker Michael Madigan, unsealed. Included are Karen Yarbrough, Barbara Flynn Currie, and Steve Brown, who misspells the judge’s name twice as Judge “Knees” https://t.co/crmsfYfRE0 https://t.co/mAANFpPjV3
A 181-page batch of letters in support of ex-Mike Madigan chief of staff Tim Mapes, initially filed under seal, has landed on the federal court docket. Among them are letters from ex-Madigan spokesman Steve Brown and ex-U.S. Rep. Jerry Costello: https://t.co/OZj1NjgfCT
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