HDO was created by Tim Degnan, Victor Reyes, and Al Sanchez in 1993 to assist Richard M. Daley win his first mayoral election.
[citation needed] The HDO filed paperwork on July 1, 2008, along with state records, that indicate the group is closing its campaign committee.
Al Sanchez and Aaron DelValle were charged with perjury and fraud in relation to employment practices.
The two were later granted a new trial after it was discovered that FBI agents had known the cooperating witness Brian Gabriel was in fact working as informant in a case pending in Indiana and may have used his testimony at the Sanchez-DelValle trial as part of a plea deal in the case pending in Indiana.
Judge Gettlemen found that Gabriel's testimony was essential to the case, and ordered a new trial for late June 2010.