CHICAGO — The racketeering case against former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke amounted to nothing but “noise and confusion,” Burke’s attorneys said in closing arguments Thursday, painting Burke as a devoted
CHICAGO — The racketeering case against former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke amounted to nothing but “noise and confusion,” Burke’s attorneys said in closing arguments Thursday, painting Burke as a devoted public servant persecuted by “desperate” federal agents. “The government got up here and promised you a corruption case,” attorney Joseph Duffy said. “In three years, you know how much money .
“They ran an undercover investigation on Mr. Burke for 30 months with the star witness being Danny Solis and they didn’t have the decency to bring him to you,” said attorney Joseph Duffy.
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None of the people Ed Burke allegedly tried to shake down ever raised concerns to law enforcement until the government came calling, Burke’s attorney told jurors in closing arguments Friday at the ex-alderman’s corruption trial. “Nobody complained, nobody thought they were a victim until the FBI knocked on their door and started playing tapes,” said Joseph Duffy, who then began knocking on the .