April 23, 2015
Former Illinois state Rep. Derrick Smith, D-Chicago, was sentenced to five months in prison Thursday over bribery charges stemming from an FBI sting, according to a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois.
October 30, 2014
An Illinois federal judge denied a bid by state Rep. Derrick Smith for a new trial months after he was found guilty of bribery charges stemming from an FBI sting operation that caught the Chicago Democrat accepting $7,000 in cash to help a business that he thought was applying for a state grant.
June 10, 2014
A federal jury on Tuesday found Illinois Rep. Derrick Smith guilty of bribery charges stemming from an FBI sting operation that caught the Chicago Democrat accepting $7,000 in cash to help a business he thought was applying for a state grant.
June 09, 2014
Prosecutors on Monday wrapped up their bribery case against Illinois Rep. Derrick Smith, defending the FBI's tactics in the sting operation that ensnared the Chicago Democrat and leaving his fate in the hands of an Illinois federal jury.
May 30, 2014
Lawyers for Illinois state Rep. Derrick Smith on Friday questioned the motives and honesty of the campaign worker who ensnared the lawmaker in an FBI sting operation, but were barred from discussing the informant's criminal history as Smith's bribery trial entered its second day.
February 14, 2013
Illinois state Rep. Derrick Smith, D-Chicago, lost his request Thursday for a hearing where he hoped to show that without the false information prosecutors admittedly included in a court filing, a judge would not have issued a warrant to arrest him on a bribery charge.
August 17, 2012
Illinois lawmakers expelled Rep. Derrick Smith, D-Chicago, from the state's House of Representatives on Friday following a federal bribery charge alleging he took a $7,000 cash payment to help a business he thought was applying for a state grant.