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The jury heard roughly three-and-a-half days of testimony in Thompson’s trial last week, mostly from government witnesses. The trial began nine months after the feds hit Thompson with an indictment charging him with two counts of lying to regulators and five counts of filing false federal income-tax returns.

The final call comes after three days of testimony. Prosecutors laid out their evidence that Thompson lied to regulators about the $219,000 he owed Washington Federal Bank for Savings, and that he knew he improperly claimed mortgage-interest deductions on his tax returns for the years 2013 through 2017.

Someone overheard Robert Hannigan talking to two upcoming witnesses — in violation of a court order — during a lunch break while Thompson’s friends and family were seen nearby. Hannigan allegedly called his cross-examination "just a game of gotcha."

Alicia Mandujano said the bank president told her to let Thompson into the bank before business hours so he could pick up the first payment. She said Thompson also picked up the second and third payment in the president’s office, which was on the second, non-public floor of the bank.

Thompson is charged with filing false federal income tax returns for the years 2013 through 2017. He is also charged with lying to federal regulators in early 2018 about the amount of money he owed Washington Federal Bank for Savings in Bridgeport.

Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson’s tax fraud case opens Monday. He’ll be the first from Chicago’s Daley political family to face trial and the first sitting Chicago City Council member on trial in more than two decades.