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Article: Fitzgerald hire raises eyebrows; Staffer played key role in selecting prosecutor.(Patrick Fitzgerald)(Margaret Hickey)
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- Crain's Chicago Business
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- July 25, 2005
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Byline: GREG HINZ
U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, who has tormented City Hall and the White House with unrelenting probes of political misconduct, has hired a former congressional aide who played a key role in getting him his job.
Mr. Fitzgerald hired Margaret Hickey eight months ago as an assistant U.S. attorney here, earning about $142,000 a year. Until a few days before that, she was Illinois chief of staff and general counsel for then-U.S. Sen. Peter Fitzgerald, who recommended Patrick Fitzgerald to the White House.
Ms. Hickey was one of two Senate staffers who assisted Sen. Fitzgerald in making his choice.
In a phone interview, ...