Afternoon Briefing: Jury in ex-Ald. Ed Burke trial hears tape featuring Chicago pol Gery Chico discussing fundraising
Good afternoon, Chicago. A federal jury on Friday heard wiretapped calls between then-Ald. Edward Burke and former mayoral candidate Gery Chico where the two longtime Democratic heavyweights talked about a 2017 fundraiser and a local builder apparently slow to get on the Burke bandwagon. The calls were played by prosecutors in Burke’s corruption trial to underscore the then-powerful alderman’s ...
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