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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)

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2Illinois Rep. Derrick Smith, D-Chicago, listens to lawmakers argue legislation while on the House floor during session at the Illinois State Capitol Wednesday, May 21, 2014, in Springfield, Ill. A federal judge denied Smith’s request to postpone his bribery trial, rejecting his lawyer’s arguments that the Chicago Democrat needs to be in Springfield next week to take some “significant” votes, rather than sitting in a Chicago courtroom. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

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Judge OKs use of lawmaker’s post-arrest statement

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FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2012 file photo, Illinois state Rep. Derrick Smith speaks at a news conference in Chicago. Prosecutors want to use post-arrest statements by Smith at his bribery trial set to begin on May 28, 2014 A government filing in federal court says that after the Chicago Democrat's arrest in 2012, he waived his right to remain silent and cursed as he told investigators he'd messed up by accepting a $7,000 bribe. The judge has yet to rule on the matter. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

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