I think Ivy is right on the mark. The Outfit does not have near the corruptive power it once had. At one time, the Outfit controlled Cicero politics and a good chunk of Chicago. That slowly changed and was largely over with in the 70's and 80's. The case of Harry Aleman and the Outfit paying off a judge in a murder case was in1972. The family secrets case enlightened us to one Marshall and another Cop, I believe

As a result, as Ivy suggests, people start connecting dots whenever there is political corruption in Chicago or Cook County. The dots do not always lead to the Outfit.