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Illinois state Rep. Derrick Smith, right, talks with his attorney Victor Henderson, left, as they enter federal court for the beginning of jury selection in Smith's corruption trial Wednesday, May 28, 2014, in Chicago. The Chicago Democrat has been charged with accepting a $7,000 bribe in exchange for using his influence to obtain a state grant for a daycare center. The 50-year-old has pleaded not guilty. A bribery conviction carries a maximum 10-year prison term. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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Illinois state Rep. Derrick Smith, center, waves as he enters federal court for the beginning of jury selection in his corruption trial Wednesday, May 28, 2014, in Chicago. The Chicago Democrat has been charged with accepting a $7,000 bribe in exchange for using his influence to obtain a state grant for a daycare center. The 50-year-old has pleaded not guilty. A bribery conviction carries a maximum 10-year prison term. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2013 file photo, Rasmieh Yousef Odeh leaves the federal courthouse in Chicago. The Chicago Arab-American activist charged with lying about her conviction in a 1969 Israel bombing when she applied for U.S. citizenship. She was convicted of an attack that killed two people at a Jerusalem market in 1969 and released from prison after 10 years. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

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FILE - In this May 21, 2014 file photo, Illinois Rep. Derrick Smith, D-Chicago, listens to lawmakers at the state Capitol in Springfield. Smith is scheduled to go on trial on bribery charges Wednesday, May 28, 2014, with jury selection beginning at federal court in Chicago. He was charged in 2012 with taking a $7,000 bribe from a day care operator seeking a state grant. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)