A crucial question loomed over Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson as he left the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Thursday — will he take the stand in his own defense?
Thompson has until sometime Friday to decide. Federal prosecutors appear to have wrapped up their case against the 11th Ward City Council member, though they have not formally rested. Defense attorney Chris Gair said he wants to argue in the morning that certain counts against Thompson should be tossed and then call a handful of witnesses for brief testimony.
