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*** UPDATED x2 - IRS agents spotted at Sandoval home, Cicero office - FBI confirms “authorized law enforcement activity” *** Possible raid as guards stationed outside Sandoval’s Springfield office suite

Tuesday, Sep 24, 2019 - Posted by Rich Miller

* I’ve been hearing multiple credible reports this morning of a raid on Sen. Martin Sandoval’s offices, so I sent a friend over to the Statehouse and she reports that his office suite is blocked off and that a state officer claimed the feds are present.

Sandoval is not responding and neither is his district office. None of the legislative assistants in that suite are picking up their phones.

Stay tuned.

…Adding… From a close pal…

I’m on the phone with a secretary from the Capitol. She says there are ‘lots of suits’ in Marty’s Capitol office.

I’m told all the legislative assistants in that wing are in the elevator area, which would explain why nobody was answering their phones.

* Mary Ann is on it…

Breaking: appears to be coordinated search at ⁦@SenatorSandoval⁩ Cicero and Springfield office underway, witnessed 2 law enforcement officers leaving Cicero office, would not ID themselves, told more agents search his Capitol office (he is in Spkr Madigan’s district) pic.twitter.com/jCNZWPhjcU

— Mary Ann Ahern (@MaryAnnAhernNBC) September 24, 2019

…Adding… Several folks I know are claiming that the G is also at his house. We’ll see…

///BREAKING/// Feds this morning are raiding the Springfield and Cicero offices of longtime Illinois state Sen. Marty Sandoval, per sources. Story to come.

— Jason Meisner (@jmetr22b) September 24, 2019

*** UPDATE 1 *** Welp…

FBI Chicago: "All I can say at this point is we are engaged in an authorized law enforcement activity. Beyond that we've got no further comment."

But you do have people from Chicago in the state Capitol?

"They're present, yes." https://t.co/2n6omUaz8F

— Brian Mackey (@BrianMackey) September 24, 2019

* Tribune…

A man who answered the door at Sandoval’s Southwest Side home said the legislator was not home. Sandoval could not immediately be reached.

* This is interesting partly because a lot of members clear out their offices when spring session ends…

Offficials take boxes from Senate office suite pic.twitter.com/HgQHyrFSJ2

— Bernie Schoenburg (@bschoenburg) September 24, 2019

* Uh-oh. They nabbed his ‘puter…

At least eight men carried cardboard boxes, brown bags labeled “evidence” and what appeared to be a desktop computer out of the Senate Democratic office suite and into 2 SUVs outside the Capitol. pic.twitter.com/3bOZk8dEVh

— Jamie Munks (@by_jamiemunks) September 24, 2019

*** UPDATE 2 *** The presence of an IRS agent at his house is definitely not a good sign…

The agent I encountered Earlier identified himself as a part of the IRS criminal division. There were several others dressed in dark suits wearing no obvious ID. They took off with some plainclothes guys an hour ago. Several others remain inside. Those inside say contact the Feds pic.twitter.com/PUkFXoezr2

— Will Lee (@MidnoirCowboy) September 24, 2019

Federal agents exit the home of State Senator Martin Sandoval. Loading trunks into their vehicle. ⁦@fox32news⁩ pic.twitter.com/BDqqZvq9i4

— Dane Placko FOX 32 (@dsplacko) September 24, 2019

…Adding… Sun-Times…

Agents from IRS Criminal Investigation were seen outside Sandoval’s political office in Cicero as well.

…Adding… They took a computer from his house? Oh, man…

Four agents just left the home carrying boxes and a computer. One told reporters that Sandoval wasn’t at home during the raid. pic.twitter.com/2CVDT2Um37

— Tom Schuba (@TomSchuba) September 24, 2019