Chicago, whistleblowers settle lawsuit; Rahm won't have to testify

The city of Chicago has settled a lawsuit filed by two police officers who alleged they were retaliated against for helping to expose corruption.

That $2 million settlement, announced Tuesday as the trial in the lawsuit was about to start, means there will be no need for Mayor Rahm Emanuel to testify about statements he has made in recent months denouncing a "code of silence" inside the Chicago Police Department.

"That's an amount we concluded makes sense for the city and for taxpayers," Steve Patton, Chicago's corporation counsel, said Tuesday at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse after the settlement was announced.

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