Former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke used his power 'to punish and extort,' prosecutors say in closing arguments of corruption trial

CHICAGO — 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 chair in a federal courtroom Wednesday as closing arguments in his landmark corruption trial got underway. Across the room, Assistant U.S. Attorney Diane MacArthur made a sweeping gesture toward Burke, ...

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