'Going rate' to buy a job in Cook County circuit court clerk's office? $10,000, employee tells feds
by Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune
Feb 28, 2018
3 minutes
CHICAGO - One employee told federal investigators that the "going rate" to a buy a job in Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown's office was $10,000, to be paid to her personal bagman.
Another said in an FBI interview it was well known that showering gifts on Brown could earn you a promotion, citing a trip Brown took to India that was partially paid for by relatives of one of her top employees.
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