Jurors in ex-Ald. Ed Burke’s federal corruption trial on Thursday finally heard, in Burke’s own voice, a phrase already infamous in Chicago political history: “So did we land the, uh, the tuna?” The “tuna” was tax business from developers of the massive Old Post Office – business that Burke had been chasing for months. In conversation after wiretapped conversation, Burke made it clear to FBI .
The corruption trial of former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke is set to resume Monday after a Thanksgiving break with more testimony about an alleged scheme to pressure the owners of a Burger King in Burke’s ward to hire the powerful alderman’s private law firm. When the trial recessed early on Wednesday, prosecution witness Pam Smith had just started testifying about her role in the remodeling of .
“He has just been an instrumental part of our lives, our firm since 2007 really,” said one lawyer who worked with Joey Bott, the Kentucky attorney killed in a crash last week.
The campaign organisation of Mike Aondoakaa, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says the supreme court did not bar the former justice minister from holding public office for life.