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Former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Dec. 21, 2023, after being convicted by a federal jury of racketeering conspiracy and a dozen other counts.

‘I was taken aback’: Burger King exec testifies about uneasiness with then-Ald. Ed Burke linking permits with tax firm work

December 5, 2023 at 7:29 p.m.

The son of a Texas-based fast-food restaurant tycoon told a federal jury Tuesday he was "taken aback" when then-Ald. Ed Burke seemed to draw a direct link between helping with...

‘Dealing with an alderman was uncharted territory’: Executive testifies about ex-Ald. Ed Burke’s involvement in Burger King project

December 5, 2023 at 9:11 a.m.

Zohaib Dhanani was a 20-something executive from Texas in charge of renovating nearly two dozen Chicago-area Burger Kings when he had his first-ever encounter with an elected official. And it...

Infamous ‘tuna’ quote, other secret recordings paint picture of old-school Chicago in Ed Burke corruption trial

December 3, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Five years after federal agents raided then-Ald. Ed Burke's City Hall office, jurors at his corruption trial last week got to hear what's fast becoming known simply as the "tuna"...

Then-Ald. Edward Burke points toward then-Ald. Daniel Solis in a video secretly recorded by Solis at Burke's offices on Sept. 26, 2016. The video was played for jurors at Burke's federal corruption trial in November 2023.

Ald. Ed Burke finally landed ‘the tuna.’ And then it got away, evidence in corruption trial shows.

December 1, 2023 at 8:37 p.m.

After two years of exhaustive pursuit, Chicago Ald. Edward Burke had finally landed "the tuna." And then it got away. That was the story heard in Burke's corruption trial Friday,...

Amtrak executive Ray Lang talks during a tour of Union Station looking at the proposed renovation areas, Jan. 12, 2017.

Judge in ex-Ald. Burke trial rejects request for mistrial over ‘corrupt’ comment from witness

November 30, 2023 at 9:52 a.m.

The judge presiding over the landmark trial of ex-Ald. Ed Burke has rejected the defense's request for a mistrial, saying she trusts jurors to follow her instructions to ignore a...

Former 14th Ward Ald. Edward Burke arrives for his alleged political corruption trial at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse Nov. 6, 2023, in Chicago.

Corruption trial of ex-Ald. Edward Burke: What you need to know

November 29, 2023 at 8:11 p.m.

The historic corruption trial of former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke has begun. The son of a Democratic ward boss and alderman, Burke, 79, served more than 50 years on the...

Jurors see secret video of Burke pitching private law firm to Old Post Office developers, offering to help with thorny Amtrak issue

November 29, 2023 at 8:11 p.m.

Powerful Chicago Ald. Ed Burke had just finished pitching his private law firm to the developers of the Old Post Office in October 2016 when he asked his assistant to...

Then-Ald. Edward Burke seen in a surveillance photo meeting with the CEO of the Texas-based company that owns about 150 Burger Kings in the Chicago area.

Ex-Ald. Edward Burke corruption trial: Evidence seen and heard by the jury

February 20, 2024 at 6:58 p.m.

Former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke is finally getting his day in court. The son of a Democratic ward boss and 14th Ward alderman, the younger Burke grew up in a...

Ald. Daniel Solis, 25th, is flanked by Ald. Richard Mell, 33rd, left, and Ald. Edward Burke, 14th, before hearings in the Chicago City Council on May 28, 2013, to discuss proposals for the amendments to the parking meter deal. B582954710Z.1 (Nancy Stone/baiduhai) ct ....OUTSIDE TRIBUNE CO.- NO MAGS, NO SALES, NO INTERNET, NO TV, CHICAGO OUT, NO DIGITAL MANIPULATION...

‘While you’re at it, recommend the good firm of Klafter & Burke’: Jurors in ex-Ald. Ed Burke corruption trial hear first secret recordings by FBI mole Daniel Solis

November 28, 2023 at 8:11 p.m.

Chicago Ald. Daniel Solis was a newly minted FBI mole in August 2016 when he was instructed to call his then-powerful colleague, Ald. Ed Burke, and talk about the massive...

Former Ald. Ed Burke gets into an awaiting vehicle after attending his corruption trial at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse, Nov. 28, 2023.

Jurors hear more about alleged Burger King scheme before ex-Ald. Ed Burke’s corruption trial is again slowed by a lawyer contracting COVID

November 27, 2023 at 4:34 p.m.

It was all-systems-go on the renovation of a Burger King on Chicago's Southwest Side in 2017 when the project's field representative got a strange call from then-Ald. Ed Burke's longtime...

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