Burke trial: Juror hears recordings of aide talking about holding up driveway permits 03:11. CHICAGO (CBS) -- The jury in the trial of former Ald. Ed Burke (14th) on Friday heard wiretap ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke has been found guilty of 13 of 14 counts, including racketeering conspiracy, after a six-week federal trial for scheming to use his political clout at ...

Ed Burke, one Chicago's most powerful Democratic City Council members, was found guilty Thursday on all but one of 14 counts in a corruption trial.

Former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke, one of the most powerful and longest-serving politicians in the Windy City, was found guilty Thursday of racketeering, bribery and attempted extortion after a six ...

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. Skip to content.

Former Ald. Ed Burke wielded power to ‘satisfy his own greed,’ prosecutor alleges in closing arguments ‘You have heard about a pattern of unlawful activity,’ prosecutor Diane MacArthur said.

Ex-Ald. Ed Burke retires as a lawyer after the state’s highest court failed to pull his law license Burke’s legal retirement marks a shift from earlier this month, when the state listed him as ...

CHICAGO — After 54 years on the city council, former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke has been sentenced to two years in prison and was handed a $2M fine for scheming to use his position to win ...

Jury selection is set to begin in the federal corruption trial of former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke. 24/7 Live Chicago & Suburban Cook Co. North Suburbs West Suburbs South Suburbs NW Indiana.

As the ultimate City Hall insider for decades, Ed Burke became a master of behind-the-scenes maneuvers that shaped Chicago and his own political fortunes. But now his legacy will be decided behind ...

Former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke has been sentenced to prison and a substantial fine after he was found guilty on 13 counts of corruption last year. Burke was sentenced to two years in prison and a $2 ...