The Latest Breaking News from Kathleen Thompson

Families of Troubles victims launch legal challenges to Legacy Bill

The families have lodged judicial review proceedings challenging its compatibility with international human rights standards.

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2023

Six families launch legal challenge to NI Legacy Bill

The families have lodged judicial review proceedings challenging the Bill’s compatibility with international human rights standards.

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2023

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo extends mental health leave

The county’s top elected official will be discharged from a mental health facility this weekend and plans to return to work on Oct. 2 after two weeks of outpatient therapy.

The Texas Tribune · Sep 14, 2023

Desperate for loans, Patrick Daley Thompson put hundreds of thousands in campaign cash in crooked Bridgeport bank

Documents subpoenaed by prosecutors and other public records reflect a growing desperation as he tried to quadruple the amount of money he was borrowing from Washington Federal Bank for Savings.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 25, 2022

Jurors picked, opening statements next in the trial of Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson

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.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 7, 2022

A Daley goes on trial, writing a new chapter in Chicago history

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.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 4, 2022