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, .
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 .
Closing arguments are slated to begin Wednesday afternoon in the landmark racketeering trial of ex-Ald. Edward Burke, capping off a hot-button case that laid bare the inner workings of “old-school” Chicago politics. Closings are expected to be lengthy, with prosecutors’ initial argument lasting about five hours. U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall has said she is hopeful jurors will be .
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Closing arguments are slated to begin Wednesday afternoon in the landmark racketeering trial of ex-Ald. Edward Burke, capping off a hot-button case that laid bare the inner workings of “old-school” Chicago politics. Closings are expected to be lengthy, with prosecutors’ initial argument lasting about five hours. U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall has said she is hopeful jurors will be .