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U.S. District Court Judge Robert Dow’s 194-page ruling paves the way for Burke and his co-defendants, longtime aide Peter Andrews and Portage Park businessman Charles Cui, to stand trial together in 2023, more than three years after they were indicted and pleaded not guilty.
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A federal judge on Monday ruled against Ald. Edward Burke and his co-defendants in a slew of pretrial motions seeking to suppress evidence and toss certain charges in his racketeering case.
The motions, first filed in August 2020, have played a key role in preventing the 3-year-old racketeering case from going to trial, along with the pandemic. Federal prosecutors pushed for a trial date at a recent hearing, saying, “There is a public interest in the trial here.”
A leading rail advocate has called on the Queensland government to follow Victoria’s lead and release SEQ’s new rail map.
A federal judge said Tuesday that he is preparing to issue a nearly 200-page ruling in the corruption case against Ald. Edward Burke (14th Ward) that could determine whether federal prosecutors can use thousands of hours of the powerful politician’s telephone conversations.