Five years after the raid that revealed the blockbuster investigation into one of Chicago’s most powerful politicians, federal prosecutors have all but finished making their case that longtime Ald. Edward M. Burke was “a bribe taker” and “an extortionist.”
The feds have called 36 witnesses over 15 days, and they’ve played roughly 100 recordings. Many of those recordings were made by former Ald. Danny Solis, the colleague who turned on Burke after being confronted by the FBI with evidence of his own alleged wrongdoing.
