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The federal racketeering case against Ed Burke is pure Chicago.
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The federal racketeering case against Ed Burke is pure Chicago.
The federal racketeering case against Ed Burke is pure Chicago. At its core, the Burke trial, which just wrapped its third week, is about a series of alleged shakedowns by the longest-serving alderman in City Council history — a potential highlight reel for the sordid legacy of City Hall. The former 14th Ward alderman is not accused of taking bribe money in an envelope, in a brown paper bag or ...
The federal racketeering case against Ed Burke is pure Chicago. At its core, the Burke trial, which just wrapped its third week, is about a series of alleged shakedowns by the longest-serving alderman in City Council history — a potential highlight reel for the sordid legacy of City Hall. The former 14th Ward alderman is not accused of taking bribe money in an envelope, in a brown paper bag or ...
Federal prosecutors are expected to begin presenting their witnesses to the jury Friday in the corruption trial of former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke, a man they labeled in opening statements as a two-faced bribe-taker and extortionist. Among the first witnesses expected to take the stand is an expert who will give the jury a crash course on City Hall politics, including how wards are traditionally ...
CHICAGO — Jurors in the federal racketeering trial of ex-Ald. Edward Burke got a lengthy crash course in the intricacies of City Hall on Friday, a seminar that a prosecution expert labeled the “Schoolhouse Rock” of Chicago politics. As the first witness in the case, Elmhurst University political science professor Constance Mixon was tasked with bringing the jury, which includes many people ...