The closing arguments in the corruption trial of former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke took place this week. Federal prosecutors accused Burke of using his power to extort and line his own pockets, portraying him as greedy and extortionate. Wiretapped calls between Burke and former mayoral candidate Gery Chico were presented as evidence. The trial has drawn attention from various political figures, including Chicago Alderman Jim Gardiner and Chris Kennedy, son of Robert F. Kennedy. Burke and two other defendants chose not to testify.
Ed Burke sat for hours today as a federal prosecutor painted the formerly powerful alderman as a classic Chicago “where’s mine?” ward boss, willing to use the power of his elected office “to satisfy his own greed and to line his own pockets.” UPDATE: https://t.co/DFnF7IvWdS
UPDATE: Ex-Ald. Ed Burke used his power ‘to punish and extort,’ prosecutors say in closing arguments of corruption trial @jmetr22b @crepeau & me https://t.co/Zq8iVjiHhM
Ed Burke Trial: Closing arguments begin in corruption trial of former Chicago alderman https://t.co/jvZFiZZv6i https://t.co/UmTXkVPGV7
Closing arguments are now underway in the corruption trial of former Chicago alderman Ed Burke. https://t.co/b4SHsDFG4l
“That is a true ‘take your breath away’ moment" Our story on closing arguments in the ex-Ald. Ed Burke corruption trial has been updated. Guess which current Chicago alderman showed up to watch the proceedings? https://t.co/DFnF7IvWdS
Ex-Ald. Ed Burke stood at the center of a “steady drumbeat of unlawful activity,” federal prosecutors said in closing arguments at Burke’s racketeering trial Wednesday, painting the powerful alderman as greedy and extortionate. https://t.co/yiExqQM9mh
Chicago Ald. Jim Gardiner is in the courtroom for closings in Ed Burke's corruption trial. He just approached Burke during the break and shook his hand. I heard Burke say, "Good to see you."
Ed Burke was “motivated by greed” and repeatedly used his powerful positions as alderperson and chair of the city’s Finance Committee to punish, extort and line his own pockets, federal prosecutors told jurors during closing arguments Wednesday. https://t.co/dOKgrz61OC
Ex-Ald. Ed Burke stood at the center of a “steady drumbeat of unlawful activity,” federal prosecutors said in closing arguments at Burke’s racketeering trial Wednesday, painting the powerful alderman as greedy and extortionate. https://t.co/xHinwpNYnP
Ex-Ald. Ed Burke used his power ‘to punish and extort,’ prosecutors say in closing arguments of corruption trial @jmetr22b @crepeau & me FOLO @jmetr22b FOR PLAY BY PLAY Tweets https://t.co/Zq8iVjiHhM
“Ed Burke was a powerful and corrupt politician and this was his racket.” Alderman used his power ‘to punish and extort,’ prosecutors say in closing arguments of Burke's corruption trial UPDATE: https://t.co/DFnF7IvWdS
Burke Trial: Former Ald. Ed Burke and 2 other defendants decline to testify. Closing arguments about to begin. Watching from the courtroom Chris Kennedy, former candidate for IL Gov
We're awaiting the start of the Ed Burke closing arguments. Seated in the courtroom gallery is Chris Kennedy, the son of Robert F. and former Illinois candidate for governor. He's talking with Burke's wife, Anne, the former chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court
The crucial decision to put former Chicago Ald. Daniel Solis on the witness stand this week will shape the rest of Ed Burke’s landmark racketeering trial. https://t.co/Ektz2IXc1b
Calls between ex-Ald. Ed Burke and former mayoral candidate Gery Chico were played by prosecutors on Friday to underscore the then-powerful alderman’s alleged use of his official duties to try to squeeze private benefits for himself. Listen here: https://t.co/Zbg8oDFiOL
A federal jury on Friday heard wiretapped calls between then-Ald. Edward Burke and former mayoral candidate Gery Chico where the Democratic heavyweights talked about a 2017 fundraiser and a local builder apparently slow to get on the Ed Burke bandwagon. https://t.co/4Z9h7kBq7k
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today. - Jury in ex-Ald. Ed Burke trial hears tape featuring Chicago pol Gery Chico discussing fundraising - Chicago Bears Week 14 storylines - Review: ‘Promises, Promises’ by Blank Theatre https://t.co/HRJqJKDzmU
Testimony in former Ald. Edward Burke’s corruption trial is expected to focus Friday on allegedly misleading statements Burke’s longtime ward aide gave federal investigators when they confronted him at his South Side home five years ago. https://t.co/xNOYYL42Mh
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. https://t.co/Hn22FmGqLI