Former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke, 79, faces a minimum of 30 years in prison after being convicted of bribery of developers and racketeering conspiracy.
Following the announcement of a verdict in which a jury found longtime former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke guilty on 13 of 14 counts, leaders from Chicago and around.
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CHICAGO — Former Chicago Alderman Daniel Solis testified for about three hours Tuesday in the corruption trial of his former City Council colleague, Ed Burke, whose attorneys immediately challenged Solis about the motives behind his unprecedented turn as an FBI mole. Solis was called by Burke’s defense team just moments after prosecutors rested their case in chief. He was questioned at length .