High-Ranking Chicago Public Schools Official Charg
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Aug. 28, 2020
A high-ranking Chicago Public Schools official has been charged with lying to the FBI about whether he passed secret information to someone working to help a company land a $1 billion custodial contract with the district, court records show.
Pedro Soto was charged with one felony count of lying to the FBI, according to a document filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Soto most recently worked as CPS CEO Dr. Janice Jackson's chief of staff up until his resignation on Friday, Jackson said in a letter to CPS employees on the charge.
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