The feds’ case against Burke has lingered for more than three years at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, thanks in large part to the COVID-19 pandemic and a mountain of pretrial motions filed in August 2020 that were only ruled upon last month.
The long-awaited federal racketeering trial of Alderman Edward M. Burke has been set for November 2023, giving Chicago s longest-serving City Council member an opportunity to seek reelection while facing federal criminal charges again.
The long-awaited federal racketeering trial of Chicago Ald. Edward M. Burke (14th) has been set for November 2023, giving the city’s longest-serving City Council member an opportunity to seek reelection while facing federal criminal charges again.
U.S. District Judge Robert Dow Jr. has asked lawyers in a Chicago gun-rights suit to weigh in on whether Justice Clarence Thomas’s majority opinion affects the city’s ban.