Operation Greylord

And I says, you finally got me.

He subpoenaed me for the Operation Grey Lord.

They wanted me to testify as to the payoffs that were going on to Smith.

Mayor Smith was being investigated for Grey Lord.

It is during my interview with Chris that I learned for the first time that not only was Lyons Mayor William G. Smith under investigation in Operation Safe Bed in the 80s, but that he was also caught in the crosshairs of Operation Grey Lord, a historic three-year federal investigation into corruption in the Cook County Judiciary.

These defendants are charged with a variety of federal crimes, including racketeering, extortion, mail fraud, and conspiracy.

All of them in connection with the alleged corrupt disposition of cases pending in the Circuit Court of Cook County.

Operation Grey Lord will eventually lead to 93 indictments of judges, lawyers, court officials, sheriff's policemen, and Illinois State Rep. James DeLeo.