How the massive power Ed Burke wielded paved the way for his alleged corruption
That power came from “scratch my back” Chicago politics, including aldermanic prerogative, a tradition that good government advocates have been fighting to end for years
Ed Burke on Trial
The former 14th Ward alderman Edward Burke became the Chicago City Council’s most powerful and longest-serving member. Now, he’s fighting to avoid prison.
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Burger King owner’s ‘gut feeling’ told him he should have hired Ed Burke’s law firm
Prosecutors called Shoukat Dhanani to the witness stand and played secretly recorded calls as they began showing jurors evidence of a second scheme outlined in Burke’s 2019 indictment.
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‘Power and control’ frame Edward Burke’s legacy. A federal jury will soon decide that legacy’s coda.
He entered politics as one of the youngest Chicago City Council members in history and became its most powerful and longest-serving member. Now, he’s fighting to avoid prison.
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Jurors in corruption trial of Ed Burke will not hear any mention of Donald Trump when they listen to secret recordings
Burke’s defense team had asked that any mention of the former alderman’s work for Trump International Hotel & Tower be barred from the trial, arguing the former president was “despised by a …
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War has judge mulling whether jurors should hear Burke’s comments about Jewish people at his trial next month
Prosecutors have called the words of ex-Ald. Edward M. Burke “distasteful,” but they’ve argued they go to the heart of Burke’s alleged scheme.
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Jurors hear famous Burke quip about landing ‘the tuna,’ after defense fails to sink the trial
U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall denied a request for mistrial made over a remark about the “Chicago way of doing business” being “very corrupt.”
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Mistrial in Burke case? Judge to rule on defense objection to ‘very corrupt’ remark during corruption trial
When Assistant U.S. Attorney Diane MacArthur explained that she did not expect Amtrak executive Ray Lang to make the comment, U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall quickly asked, ‘What were you …
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FBI agent tells how former Ald. Danny Solis came to wear a wire, cooperate in corruption probes
Special Agent Ryan McDonald’s testimony comes nearly five years to the day after the FBI raided former Ald. Edward M. Burke’s offices on Nov. 29, 2018.
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COVID-19 dogs Burke trial, but no plans to halt rest of week’s testimony
COVID-19 is arguably one of the reasons it took so long for the feds to take former Ald. Ed Burke to trial in the first place.
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Feds dropped in on Burger King owner the same day they raided Ed Burke’s aldermanic offices
“I was relieved when they said it before they got in the house that I’m not in trouble,” Shoukat Dhanani testified. “Otherwise, I wouldn’t have let them in.”
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Burger King owner’s ‘gut feeling’ told him he should have hired Ed Burke’s law firm
Prosecutors called Shoukat Dhanani to the witness stand and played secretly recorded calls as they began showing jurors evidence of a second scheme outlined in Burke’s 2019 indictment.
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‘Stickler’ defense? Opening statements wrap in Burke trial and feds begin calling witnesses
Prosecutors kicked off their case with Elmhurst University political science professor Constance Mixon, who began to explain Chicago city government to the jury.
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Ed Burke’s corruption trial opens with conflicting takes on leading figure — ‘extortionist’ vs. ‘good man’
U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall, prosecutors and defense attorneys have chosen 12 jurors at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse who will hear evidence that was used in 2019 to level criminal charges …
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Ed Burke trial on hold for a week after lawyer tests positive for COVID
Burke’s trial is expected to last six weeks, until mid-December. But the slow jury selection and COVID delay now threaten to push the trial deep into the holiday season.
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Ed Burke corruption trial off to slow start as once powerful politician faces those who may decide his fate
Burke could be seen reviewing paperwork, including potential jurors’ questionnaires. But he mostly seemed to be taking it all in.
