City Hall Objects To City Council Mole Danny Solis Avoiding Fed Cage

CHICAGO — In exchange for wearing a wire, the feds offered former Ald. Danny Solis an unprecedented deferred prosecution deal that calls for dropping a felony bribery charge.

Solis' cooperation with the FBI was an integral part of the government's indictment of Ald. Edward Burke and former House Speaker Michael Madigan.

On Wednesday, Chicago lawyers informed the U.S. Attorney's Office that City Hall wants to intervene in the case against Solis as a victim of his crimes, the Tribune reported.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot, a former federal prosecutor, expressed her displeasure in the terms of Solis' deferred prosecution agreement.

On Tuesday, Lightfoot issues a statement explaining why she instructed city attorneys to get involved in Solis' prosecution.

"There can be no doubt that former Alderman Solis violated the public trust in profound ways, not the least of which was by monetizing his position as Zoning Committee Chairman for the benefit of himself and others, likely for years. Because of all of the crimes that have been put on the public record, Solis victimized the residents of his ward and residents in the entire city, all of whom were deprived of the integrity and honesty that should be sacrosanct with all public officials," she said.

"As a consequence, I have directed the Law Department to prepare a Victim’s Impact Statement which will be filed with the Court in this case. No one is above the law and Chicago residents expect that their elected officials will be held accountable."

City lawyers have until April 20 to file a request to be included as a party to Solis' prosecution.

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