* From 2007…
Jeffrey M. Rush, the son of U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush of Chicago, was charged Friday with official misconduct after being accused of having sexual relationships with women who were inmates at the Aurora halfway house where he worked as a security supervisor.
Rush, 41, of Lake Zurich, was expected to appear in Kane County court Saturday, a day after surrendering at the county jail following his indictment by a grand jury. His bail was set at $500,000.
The Kane County state’s attorney’s office charged Rush with 47 counts for alleged inappropriate relationships with three inmates at the Fox Valley Adult Transition Center between February and June. The violations are Class 3 felonies, each punishable by a 2- to 5-year prison term.
Rush is alleged to have used his position to authorize additional release time for one of the inmates so she could meet him at Aurora motels. He also is alleged to have used his Illinois Department of Corrections vehicle to ferry her to and from the Aurora train station and to a local mall.
2008…
The son of U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush will spend six months in jail after pleading guilty to having sexual encounters with two female inmates and arranging encounters with another while serving as a state prison official.
* 2018…
Keep in mind that the first conversation was just a few months after Madigan and his operation endured one huge hit after another after another over sexual harassment issues. And yet, there he was.
Also, it made me kinda chuckle that Marquez was warning McClain about there being “no secrets” as he was recording the conversation on video for the FBI.
- George Ryan Reynolds - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 3:32 pm:
As the Tribune has reported, Madigan fired Kevin Quinn from his organization amid the MeToo scandal and then wouldn’t ya know it, checks from McClain and Madigan acolytes show up in Quinn’s bank account after that dismissal. Today’s testimony is another example of MJM learning nothing from taking a pounding on the issue.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-mike-madigan-kevin-quinn-checks-comed-20190724-5vvio47tcvhqxcwhulwggfbqem-story.html
- Excitable Boy - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 3:35 pm:
- it made me kinda chuckle that Marquez was warning McClain about there being “no secrets” as he was recording the conversation on video for the FBI. -
It makes me wonder if he would have denied the request if he hadn’t been.
- Big Dipper - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 3:36 pm:
So maybe when Vallas was crying at the Rush endorsement he was thinking about the inmate victims.
- Lincoln Lad - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 3:48 pm:
I’m thinking Vallas may have promised Rush a job for his son…
- Leslie K - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 3:50 pm:
Excitable @ 3:35pm — My first thought exactly. Then again, probably the first thought of many of us…
- 40,000 ft - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 3:59 pm:
I find none of this funny.
- Amalia - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 4:21 pm:
Wonder if Bobby Rush called to make sure Jeffrey’s power was on….
- Sue - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 4:31 pm:
It’s just an outright disgrace any of these people are elected officials. There isn’t a big enough broom to sweep away the filth in our state and local governments- and yet they all seemingly get themselves elected year after year and continue to rip off the people they are supposed to be representing
- 47th Ward - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 4:45 pm:
===And yet, there he was.===
Indeed. After making a big show of dumping Kevin Quinn, he quietly directs his loyalists to send Quinn enough dough to get by. That brilliant move exploded like a bomb and led directly to this trial.
Had he just cut Quinn loose, as he pretended to do, he might have avoided putting his trusted confidants in front of prosecutors.
Hubris. Arrogance. Not sure how to characterize it. It happened to Dan Rostenkowski, it happened to George Ryan, it happens to pols who don’t know when to leave the stage or who don’t realize things have changed. They keep doing what they’ve done and they find out the hard way that the world changed on them.
The tapes are brutal. I can’t stop watching the twitter feed.
- Dotnonymous - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 4:46 pm:
“It makes me wonder if he would have denied the request if he hadn’t been.”
Won’t be the last time this question is asked.
- Candy Dogood - Wednesday, Mar 29, 23 @ 6:19 pm:
===And yet, there he was.===
In fairness to Mike Madigan, Jeffrey M. Rush isn’t exactly the only person he knew who was abusing power to have sex with prisoners.
He probably just considered that a normal day at the Department of Corrections for someone politically connected.