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

Former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke was convicted by a federal jury Thursday of racketeering conspiracy and a dozen other counts for using the clout of his elected office to win private law business from developers. The nearly clean sweep of guilty verdicts capped a stunning fall for Burke, the former head of the city Finance Committee and Democratic political machine master who served a record ...

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