United States v. McGee

EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

Michael McGee, Jr., was elected to the Milwaukee Common Council in 2004. Almost immediately he began to demand payments from businesses that depend on liquor licenses and other permits that he could control, because the Common Council allowed each Alderman to determine licensing and zoning questions within his own district. Some of the proprietors grumbled to their friends that McGee’s demands had made their businesses unprofitable. One proprietor’s friend contacted the FBI, which began a criminal investigation that was assisted by a wiretap on McGee’s phones. The…