Feds charge powerful Ald. Edward Burke with attempted extortion

By artappraiser on Thu, 01/03/2019 - 4:19pm |

This is the result of the FBI raid that happened the same day Michael Cohen pled guilty

By Jason Meisner @ ChicagoTribune.com, Jan. 3

Longtime Ald. Edward Burke, one of Chicago’s most powerful figures and a vestige of the city’s old Democratic machine, has been charged with attempted extortion for allegedly using his position as alderman to try to steer business to his private law firm from a company seeking to renovate a fast-food restaurant in his ward.

The criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court comes five weeks after the FBI carried out a stunning raid on Burke’s City Hall office, working for hours behind windows covered with brown butcher paper before leaving down a back staircase with computers and files [....]

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