Rutherford seeks to end sex-harassment lawsuit SPRINGFIELD — Lawyers for Illinois Treasurer Dan Rutherford are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit by an ex-employee alleging sexual harassment and forced political work on state time. The motion filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Chicago seeks to end the lawsuit by Edmund P. Michalowski, who worked for the former Republican candidate for governor for three years. He left in January and filed the lawsuit, just weeks before Rutherford finished last in …