City Hall bureaucracy took center stage in former Ald. Ed Burke’s corruption trial Thursday as one of the finer disputed points in the case came to a head.
CHICAGO — (TNS) Former Alderman Daniel Solis, whose unprecedented turn as an FBI mole helped the feds take down two princes of Chicago’s Democratic political machine, is expected to be
Federal prosecutors are inching closer to wrapping up their case in the corruption trial of ex-Ald. Ed Burke as testimony late this week is expected to shift back to an alleged extortion scheme involving a liquor store pole sign in Portage Park. Testifying for a second day will be Judy Frydland, the former Buildings Department commissioner whose office touches three of the four main episodes .
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CHICAGO — Former Alderman Daniel Solis, whose unprecedented turn as an FBI mole helped the feds take down two princes of Chicago’s Democratic political machine, is expected to be called as a defense witness next week in the corruption trial of his former colleague, ex-Alderman Ed Burke. The undercover recordings made by Solis have been the centerpiece of Burke’s ongoing trial, but Solis .