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In this 2013 photo, Ald. Daniel Solis is flanked by Ald. Richard Mell, 33rd, left, and Ald. Edward Burke, 14th, before hearings at Chicago City Council.

Ex-Ald. Ed Burke convicted on 13 of 14 counts at landmark federal corruption trial; jury convicts one co-defendant and acquits the other

December 22, 2023 at 6:04 p.m.

Seven weeks ago, officials at Chicago's federal courthouse used brown butcher paper to cover up large hallway displays highlighting infamous political corruption cases, featuring names like Walker, Ryan, Blagojevich and...

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.

Jury exits after second full day of deliberations in corruption trial of former Ald. Ed Burke

December 20, 2023 at 5:32 p.m.

Jurors in the racketeering trial of ex-Ald. Edward Burke were sent home late Wednesday after deliberating for a second full day without reaching a verdict. They are expected to resume...

Jurors in ex-Ald. Ed Burke corruption trial end first full day of deliberations after sending three notes; co-defendant hospitalized

December 19, 2023 at 6:31 p.m.

Jurors held their first full day of deliberations Tuesday in the racketeering case of ex-Ald. Edward Burke, the longtime City Council powerhouse charged with abusing his substantial clout for his...

Jury ends Day 1 of deliberations in ex-Ald. Ed Burke corruption case without a verdict

December 18, 2023 at 5:29 p.m.

The jury in the historic corruption case of former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke has begun deliberating after five weeks of testimony that included nearly 40 witnesses, more than 100 secret...

Former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago during a lunch break in his corruption trial on Dec. 6, 2023.

Cloutless in the jury room, will ex-Ald. Ed Burke get a Christmas wish or a lump of coal?

December 17, 2023 at 10:08 a.m.

As the ultimate City Hall insider for decades, Ed Burke became a master of behind-the-scenes maneuvers that shaped Chicago and his own political fortunes. But now his legacy will be...

In final argument of ex-Ald. Ed Burke’s corruption trial, prosecutor tells jurors to focus on ‘words that came out of his mouth’

December 15, 2023 at 6:08 p.m.

For all of Edward Burke's speeches, his waxing on about Chicago history and his self-anointed role as City Council parliamentarian, it was the words he spoke when he thought no...

Ex-Ald. Ed Burke’s defense blasts FBI mole in closing arguments: ‘Why did we have to bring Danny Solis in here?’

December 15, 2023 at 8:48 a.m.

Lawyers for ex-Ald. Edward Burke on Thursday sought to portray the once-mighty Democratic machine politician as an honest broker of city business who respected the guardrails between public and private...

Former Ald. Daniel Solis arrives at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Dec. 12, 2023.

Ex-Ald. Ed Burke used his power ‘to punish and extort,’ prosecutors say in closing arguments of corruption trial

December 13, 2023 at 8:39 p.m.

Ed Burke, for years the most powerful alderman in Chicago, resident historian of the City Council, anointer of judges and head of the influential Finance Committee, sat back in his...

Former Ald. Edward Burke arrives at federal court for his corruption trial on Dec. 12, 2023.

‘I was working under the direction of the government’: Calm and cool former alderman and FBI mole Daniel Solis heats up Ed Burke corruption trial

December 12, 2023 at 9:11 p.m.

The last time Daniel Solis and Edward Burke were in the same room together was November 2018, when the two powerful longtime aldermen talked about Solis' future. Solis said on...

Former Chicago alderman and FBI mole Daniel Solis leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago with his attorney Lisa Noller on Dec. 11, 2023.

Prosecutors poised to rest their case in the ex-Ald. Ed Burke corruption trial, setting stage for testimony of FBI mole Daniel Solis

December 11, 2023 at 7:37 p.m.

Five years after virtually disappearing into thin air, former Ald. Daniel Solis made a rather public arrival at Chicago's downtown federal courthouse Monday, ready to testify as the most highly...

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