Indictment could cloud GOP hopes

Thursday, April 4, 2002

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Federal prosecutors paint an ugly picture of George Ryan's political machine -- state workers pressured to raise campaign money, investigators fired for looking into corruption, documents shredded to hide wrongdoing.

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