Prosecutors said LaHood, 75, of Peoria, who was transportation secretary from 2009 to 2013, denied to FBI agents that he had received the loan until he was shown a copy of the check. He also did not tell agents that he knew Chagoury was the ultimate source of the loan.
Former Obama Cabinet member Ray LaHood resigns Lincoln Museum post after running afoul of feds over undisclosed $50,000 loan
