The court ruled a statute used against the former Chicago alder doesn't apply to statements that are misleading but not false ...

Thompson basically asked the Supreme Court, “When is a lie a lie?” It took his side, but the conviction of the former City ...

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of former Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson, overturning two counts of lying to ...

The Supreme Court on Friday threw out a ruling by a federal appeals court in Chicago that upheld the conviction of Patrick Daley Thompson, who served four months in a federal prison for making false ...

Patrick Daley Thompson, a member of Chicago’s most famous political dynasty, was convicted in 2022 of lying to regulators about the amount he borrowed from a now-defunct bank and already served ...

Patrick Daley Thompson, a former member of Chicago's City Council and the grandson of onetime Mayor Richard J. Daley, was convicted in 2022 of lying to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. But on ...

Patrick Daley Thompson, shown in 2015, prevailed in a U.S. Supreme Court case Friday in which justices agreed that a “misleading” statement isn’t the same as a false one. Brian Jackson / Sun ...