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In crooked Bridgeport bank case, investigators are looking into longtime city contractor

They’re looking at ties between a dumpster company, owned by James W. Bracken III, and a former city official who was on the bank’s board, the Sun-Times has learned.

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Ed Burke trial paused for a week after lawyer tests positive for COVID-19

Burke’s trial was expected to last six weeks, but the slow jury selection and COVID-19 delay threaten to push the trial deep into the holiday season.

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Judge promises opening statements in Ed Burke’s trial by Thursday afternoon

The comments will kick off the highly anticipated case dating back five years. It upended Chicago’s mayoral campaign in 2019 — first through a raid of Burke’s offices, criminal charges, and the disclosure that Ald. Danny Solis spent two years recording Burke.

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Public corruption display at federal courthouse covered at request of Ed Burke’s lawyer as jury selection drags on

Potential jurors in Burke’s case have been spending time in the ceremonial courtroom of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, which is right across the hall from the public corruption display. Potential jurors could be seen walking through the hallway Tuesday.

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Ed Burke corruption trial off to slow start as once powerful politician faces those who may decide his fate

Burke wore a gray suit and tie with an American flag pin on his lapel. From time to time he could be seen reviewing paperwork, including questionnaires filled out by the potential jurors. But he mostly seemed to be taking it all in.

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Jury selection begins as Ed Burke, ‘figurehead of the old regime,’ faces historic corruption trial

The stage has been set for another legal clash at the Dirksen courthouse. But it’s unclear whether another central political figure, former Chicago Ald. Danny Solis, will make an appearance in the courtroom.

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‘Common sense’ doesn’t explain City Council, so judge to allow Chicago ‘civics lesson’ for Burke jurors

Political science professor Constance Mixon’s testimony about government operations will be crucial to helping jury understand the racketeering case against former City Council member Ed Burke, prosecutors say.

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Meet the therapy dogs who will have a front row seat at Ed Burke’s trial

Birdie and Junebug are Bernese Mountain Dogs who have been fixtures at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse for years. It’s not uncommon to see them trailing Judge Virginia Kendall through the hallways or up onto her courtroom bench.

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Rahm or Ed? Expert quizzed on who had most clout in preview of possible Burke trial testimony

U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall held Tuesday’s hearing to determine whether Elmhurst University political science professor Constance Mixon should be allowed to testify during ex-Ald. Ed Burke’s trial.

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Burke lawyers want to question jurors about Israel-Hamas war after judge refuses to block comments about Jewish people

Citing demonstrations at Federal Plaza, defense attorneys warn the issue is “just going to create havoc for the court, and all of us, because it’s not going away.”

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Afternoon Edition: After being tracked by a stranger, couple sues Apple

Plus: Why the city wants your food scraps, advice for a 92-year-old looking for a companion and more.

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War has judge mulling whether jurors should hear Burke’s comments about Jewish people at his trial next month

Prosecutors have called the words of ex-Ald. Edward M. Burke “distasteful” but argued they go to the heart of his alleged scheme.

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Defense hints at strategy as lawyers prepare for ex-City Council dean’s long-awaited trial

Former Ald. Ed Burke is accused of using his seat on the City Council to steer business to his private law firm amid schemes that involved the Old Post Office, a Burger King at 41st Street and Pulaski Road, and a Binny’s Beverage Depot.

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Ed Burke once bragged about his work for Trump — now he doesn’t want jurors to know

Lawyers for the former Chicago City Council member argue that the former president is under indictment himself and “despised by a significant percentage of the population.”

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Feds confirm they don’t intend to call Danny Solis in Burke trial, want FBI agents to share secret recordings instead

The recorded meetings at issue took place between 2016 and 2018. They were all audio recorded, “and most were also video recorded.”

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Feds tell Ed Burke’s lawyers they don’t plan to call Danny Solis at racketeering trial

Prosecutors have called former Ald. Danny Solis one of Chicago’s “most significant cooperators in the last several decades.” He also helped them build a case against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.

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Feds say they’ll answer Ed Burke’s question about Danny Solis testimony by Aug. 31

Solis’ public testimony more than four years after he was outed as a government cooperator could turn out to be among the most closely watched in years at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, if it happens.

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Will Danny Solis take the witness stand? Ed Burke’s lawyers would like to know

Former Ald. Solis helped prosecutors build their blockbuster indictments against Ed Burke and Mike Madigan. Solis is now formally charged with bribery, but the feds are expected to seek dismissal of that charge if he holds up his end of their deal.

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Century of progress? Modern Chicago City Council marks 100th anniversary bullish for future, sheepish about past

Reformers were aiming to root out corruption with the advent of the 50-ward system in 1923, but illegal backroom deals have remained all too common for a legislative body that has otherwise seen massive change.

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Trump wins $1 million property tax refund on his namesake Chicago skyscraper

An appeals court ruled that Trump International Hotel & Tower was overvalued by Cook County officials a dozen years ago. The Chicago Public Schools stands to lose the most money — about $540,000.

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Ed Burke Day proposed, then pulled — at Burke’s request

For much of the day Monday, Ald. Ray Lopez defended his decision to introduce a resolution declaring May 15 “Ald. Edward M. Burke Day” in Chicago.

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Southwest Side incumbents appear to win handily — including one who rebuked Madigan

The contests in the 13th, 14th and 23rd wards were framed by the aggressive work in recent years of the office of U.S. Attorney John Lausch, which secured expansive racketeering indictments against Madigan and Ald. Edward M. Burke (14th).

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Greatest slips? Madigan’s ‘bandits’ remark could join list of ‘golden’ oldies caught spilling from pols’ loose lips

“Some of these guys have made out like bandits,” the former Illinois House Speaker was allegedly recorded saying of associates who benefited from what prosecutors describe as a scheme for jobs and contracts. He’s far from the first Chicago pol to trip over a federal wire.

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Abortion vs. Mike Madigan? Democrats and Republicans play hole cards in high-stakes battle for control of state Supreme Court

It wasn’t really possible for Democrats to draw the new state Supreme Court map in a way that would have assured them of winning one of the seats on the November ballot, as would have been their normal tendency. Instead, both seats are in play.

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New judge wants to move up Ed Burke’s racketeering trial, but calendars are full

Burke faces charges of using his seat on the City Council to steer business to his law firm in schemes that involved the Old Post Office, a Burger King and a Northwest Side redevelopment project.

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