State Rep. Bob Rita to take second turn as government witness in a public corruption trial
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The indictment alleges Weiss paid bribes to Arroyo beginning in November 2018 in exchange for Arroyo’s promotion of legislation beneficial to Weiss’ company, Collage LLC, which specialized in the sweepstakes machines. The bribes were paid via off-the-books lobbying payments to Arroyo’s consulting firm, Spartacus 3 LLC, according to the charges.
Also slated to take the witness stand Wednesday is former state Sen. Tony Munoz, a Chicago Democrat, who also was allegedly approached by Arroyo about the sweepstakes games legislation.filed in October 2020 with bribery, wire fraud, mail fraud and lying to the FBI. He has pleaded not guilty.
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