Agent: Wiretap request misstated informant record

Published May 30, 2014 6:15pm ET



CHICAGO (AP) — An FBI agent has testified at a Chicago Democrat’s bribery trial that an application asking permission for an informant to wear a wire greatly understated his criminal background.

Agent Ryan McDonald testified Friday at state Rep. Derrick Smith’s trial. The 50-year-old lawmaker denies taking a $7,000 bribe.

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