Mayor Daley on Thursday stood behind Illinois Senate MinorityLeader Emil Jones (D-Chicago) and said he does not believe that Joneswas a ghost payroller for the city, although, "I didn't sit next tohim."
One day after federal grand jury subpoenas released by the cityrevealed that Jones is under scrutiny in a ghost payrollinginvestigation, reporters should not jump to conclusions, Daley said.
The subpoenas "completely mystified" the Senate Democraticleader, according to William Harte, an attorney representing Jones.Asked what federal officials are investigating, Harte said, "Ihaven't the slightest idea. You don't know these things until thishappens. I assume there are any number of persons within thatdepartment that they're looking at."The mayor said he retains full confidence in Jones."A subpoena doesn't mean corruption," the mayor said. "Asubpoena just means they're investigating."Subpoenas released by the Daley administration in response to arequest by the Chicago Sun-Times under the Freedom of Information Actshowed that federal investigators sought records of Jones' employmentas a city sewer inspector and documents pertaining to an internalcity investigation of alleged malingering by sewer inspectors.Contributing: Dave McKinney
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