The Justice Department dropped its corruption case against former Rep. Aaron Schock, agreeing to a settlement that would leave him with no criminal conviction if he pays $110,000 in restitution and taxes and stays out of legal trouble for six months
that would leave him with no criminal conviction if he pays $110,000 in restitution and taxes and stays out of legal trouble for six months.no criminal charge but his campaign committee will plead guilty to a misdemeanor — was struck after the Justice Department transferred the case out of the original prosecutor’s office in Springfield, Ill. and sent it to other prosecutors in Chicago.
“We believe this agreement provides a sensible resolution. It’s a just result and provides the necessary public accountability,” Fitzpatrick said. As part of the agreement, Schock made limited concessions to the court, including that “at times his actions or inaction may have caused his campaign committees and the House to pay expenses that Schock knew or should have known were not properly charged to those entities.”
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