Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announces run for Chicago mayor
Covers the launch and field and summarizes Broadway Bank, Bright Start and other background likely to recur in the campaign.
Source Library: Reporting and Records
This is a selective, critical archive, not a comprehensive collection of everything published about Alexi Giannoulias. Its 44 preserved records were chosen for public relevance, evidentiary value, source accountability or material contrary/limiting evidence. Inclusion does not endorse a publisher’s framing or establish that every assertion in an article is true.
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Alexi Giannoulias: Wrong for Chicago
A clearly labeled opinion arguing against Giannoulias by combining banking, investment, licensing and donor criticisms.
Secretary of state candidates spar over ethics issues
Covers rivals’ criticism of Broadway Bank and Bright Start and Giannoulias’s response about his treasurer record and the bank’s community role.
Alexi Giannoulias, for Illinois secretary of state race, has taken money from 4 top officials of failed Broadway Bank
Reports contributions from four former bank officials and revisits their roles; donations alone do not establish improper conduct.
Broadway Bank officers, FDIC settle lawsuit for $5 million
Reports a settlement of claims over specified loans; the official FDIC index confirms a settlement record, but inaccessible agreement terms are not approved factual copy. The cited court opinion’s defendant list does not include Giannoulias.
Feds: Loans Took Down Giannoulias Family Bank
Summarizes the OIG’s findings on aggressive real-estate lending, weak controls, funding concentration and estimated insurance-fund loss.
Giannoulias touts judgment, passes the buck
Contrasts claims of financial judgment with explanations that others handled several decisions later used against him.
Kirk, Giannoulias Misstate Facts in Debate
Finds misstatements by both candidates and documents inconsistent descriptions of when Giannoulias stopped working at Broadway Bank.
Giannoulias, Kirk spar on 'mob' loans
Covers the debate exchange over bank loans and both campaigns’ framing of Giannoulias’s role.
GOP criticizes Giannoulias for bank loan
Reports criticism of a $22.75 million loan and Giannoulias’s response that he had left daily operations months earlier and the loan was repaid.
Loans to 'Mobsters,' Ties to BP: Kirk's Attack Ads Go Too Far
Finds loans connected to people with criminal records and some Giannoulias servicing work, but says the ad overstated evidence that he personally made every loan.
Senate candidate Mark Kirk says rival gave mobsters bank loans
Rates the charge Half True: the bank extended about $20 million in loans during his tenure, but the evidence reviewed in that fact-check did not show that he personally approved them.
Goldman Sachs or Broadway Bank? Voters' Choice
A commentary questions Giannoulias’s criticism of Kirk’s Goldman donations while distancing himself from Broadway Bank after earlier citing banking experience.
$20 million in loans to felons
Reports roughly $20 million in new loans to two borrowers during his senior-loan-officer tenure without establishing that he personally approved every loan.
Giannoulias family bank linked to fraud suspects
Reports Mark Kirk’s criticism concerning borrower/contributor Nick Giannis as a campaign allegation, not an official finding against Giannoulias.
After GOP attacks, Giannoulias defends family business
Covers Republican attacks and Giannoulias’s defense of the family business and public record.
Giannoulias: Broadway Bank Will Likely Fail
Reports Giannoulias’s acknowledgment that Broadway Bank would likely fail, its capital problem and political responses.
Giannoulias Senate bid threatened by family bank's losses
Examines the delinquent commercial-real-estate portfolio, regulatory capital demand and family dividends before failure.
Giannoulias responds as family bank faces troubles
Covers the consent order/capital shortfall, criticism of family profits/dividends and Giannoulias’s response.
The man who would be senator
Examines biography, Bright Start, the SUV, bank borrowers and Rezko-related context with criticism and response.
Illinois Treasurer Candidates Debate
Records Christine Radogno’s criticism of bank loans and Giannoulias’s response that the bank had done nothing wrong.
Candidate for IL Treasurer to answer questions about mob ties
Reports early campaign questions about loans to a borrower the outlet described as having organized-crime/illegal-gambling associations; attribute those descriptions.