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YOU WONT BELIEVE: State sen emil jones iii set to be arraigned on federal bribery charges - What They Never Told You

Emil Jones III SafeSpeed Illinois General Assembly Omar Maani FBI General Assembly Martin Sandoval Illinois
Illinois State Sen. Emil Jones III (AP file)

State Sen. Emil Jones III pleaded not guilty Friday to federal bribery charges after he was accused of agreeing to protect the politically connected red-light camera company SafeSpeed LLC in the Illinois General Assembly. 

The hearing before U.S. District Judge Andrea Wood took place by phone, making Jones the latest federally charged Illinois politician to avoid the traditional walk-of-shame through the Dirksen Federal Courthouse. Remote hearings became routine amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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