Danny Solis’ legacy has been set in stone ever since Chicago learned five years ago that the veteran City Council member had wired up for the FBI to avoid prison and secretly recorded the most powerful among his colleagues, Edward M. Burke.
But it wasn’t until Tuesday, on the 25th floor of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, that Solis publicly answered for his role in the downfall of Burke and others — and his motive for agreeing to help the feds when they knocked on his door in June 2016.
