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CHICAGO — Former Chicago Alderman Daniel Solis testified for about three hours Tuesday in the corruption trial of his former City Council colleague, Ed Burke, whose attorneys immediately challenged Solis about the motives behind his unprecedented turn as an FBI mole. Solis was called by Burke’s defense team just moments after prosecutors rested their case in chief. He was questioned at length ...

Closing arguments are slated to begin Wednesday afternoon in the landmark racketeering trial of ex-Ald. Edward Burke, capping off a hot-button case that laid bare the inner workings of “old-school” Chicago politics. Closings are expected to be lengthy, with prosecutors’ initial argument lasting about five hours. U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall has said she is hopeful jurors will be ...

Closing arguments are slated to begin Wednesday afternoon in the landmark racketeering trial of ex-Ald. Edward Burke, capping off a hot-button case that laid bare the inner workings of “old-school” Chicago politics. Closings are expected to be lengthy, with prosecutors’ initial argument lasting about five hours. U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall has said she is hopeful jurors will be ...

Good morning, Chicago. It’s easy to fall back into a life surrounded by gangs, drugs and violence in the streets of Chicago after being released from prison, Juan Romero wrote in an essay from the four walls of his cell as he tried to understand how he landed there and how he could find his way out. “It’s the only way of life we know,” said Romero, 36, now a free man. Last week, a little over ...

Prosecutors are poised to rest their case in chief Tuesday afternoon in the corruption trial of former Ald. Ed Burke, setting the stage for the highly anticipated testimony of Burke’s

Prosecutors are poised to rest their case in chief Tuesday afternoon in the corruption trial of former Ald. Ed Burke, setting the stage for the highly anticipated testimony of Burke’s former City Council colleague, FBI mole Daniel Solis. Prosecutors’ final witness, an FBI special agent who testified Monday about the City of Chicago ethics ordinance, is among 37 government witnesses who took ...

Burke’s defense attorneys made good on their promise to call Solis to testify, forcing him out into the open nearly five years after the Chicago Sun-Times revealed his cooperation with the feds in January 2019.

Prosecutors are expected to rest their case in chief Monday in the corruption trial of former Ald. Edward Burke, potentially setting the stage for the highly anticipated testimony of Burke’s former City Council colleague, FBI mole Daniel Solis. Some 33 witnesses have testified over 15 days so far in the high-profile trial, including the father-and-son owners of a Southwest Side Burger King who ...

Good afternoon, Chicago. Alleged Highland Park parade shooter Robert Crimo III dismissed his attorneys Monday and said he planned to represent himself at trial, which is now scheduled for February. In a surprise move at a Monday case management conference, Crimo’s attorneys from the Lake County public defender’s office told Judge Victoria Rossetti that the defendant wished to act as his own ...

In video after video, jurors in Ed Burke’s federal corruption trial have gotten an unfiltered view of a Chicago powerhouse. Burke, pink-faced and impeccably dressed, swears and swaggers and schmoozes. He waxes eloquent about Chicago history. And, federal authorities allege, he speaks about extracting private law business from people with issues at City Hall as casually as if it’s the weather. ...