Teamster Boss Flips?

A whole lots of sphincters just tightened up:

• Longtime Chicago union boss John Coli Sr. doesn’t necessarily seem like the type to cooperate with authorities.
  
  A politically connected and nationally known fixture in the Teamsters, Coli once told a lawyer in sworn testimony to “go f--- yourself.” He dodged controversy for years — from suspicious appointments to state boards to allegations of organized crime ties — often accusing his accusers of using overzealous investigative tactics.
  
  And in 2016, Coli was caught on an undercover FBI recording urging the firing of an executive at a West Side film studio who was purportedly balking at paying him extortion money. “You can’t have a f----- rat in the woodpile,” Coli allegedly said to the head of the studio who was wearing a hidden wire. “You can’t have a whistleblower here.”
  
  On Tuesday, however, Coli became an unlikely cooperator in his own right. In pleading guilty to corruption charges stemming from the extortion scheme, Coli agreed to cooperate with federal authorities in any ongoing investigations, including “complete and truthful testimony” in any criminal or civil proceeding.
  
  The news of Coli’s cooperation is sure to cause waves amid Illinois political circles, since Coli for years used his national position with the Teamsters to hold sway with some of the city and state’s most powerful elected officials — including longtime House Speaker Michael Madigan, former Mayor Rahm Emanuel, ex-Gov. Pat Quinn and his successor, Bruce Rauner.

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