Opening arguments in Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson’s (11) federal criminal trial began on Tuesday. [Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago]

In opening arguments during his federal criminal trial, attorneys painted different pictures of Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson (11) on Tuesday. The alderman’s lawyer portrayed him as often unorganized and “frazzled,” while an assistant U.S. attorney saying the real estate attorney and alderman knew what he was doing in allegedly underreporting his income and lying to banking regulators.