An Illinois Democratic senator under federal investigation for fraud and bribery resigned Wednesday from his office after FBI agents raided his Chicago home and Springfield office earlier this year. In a letter to the Secretary of the Senate, State Sen. Martin Sandoval said his resignation would be effective Jan. 1. "it is with a heavy heart, I, Martin A. Sandoval, do hereby resign the office of state senator," he wrote. Following the raid in his Chicago and Springfield offices, agents were also dispatched to his Cicero office. J.B. Pritzker and other state leaders who demanded Sandoval step down as chairman of the Transportation Committee.

Source: Fox News November 28, 2019 15:55 UTC