“I was pulled aside by a reporter at City Hall who told me, ‘I just want to let you know as a courtesy that this alderman is putting you out there as the next shoe to drop in the federal investigation,’” said an alderman, who spoke on condition of anonymity. “Since I was made aware of that, other colleagues have said they’re aware of similar situations playing out, where aldermen are simply putting forward names of people they don’t like for one reason or another.”