Disgraced former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke is seeking a new trial following his conviction on racketeering conspiracy and other charges related to using his elected office to secure private business.
Former Alderman Ed Burke the longest serving City Council member in Chicago’s history was found guilty of several felonies on Thursday in his historic corruption trial.
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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. .