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Former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke will be sentenced at a hearing Monday after a federal jury in December found him guilty on 13 counts of corruption, from illegally using his power to win private law business from developers to threatening one of Chicago’s cultural icons for his own benefit.

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.

Federal prosecutors say ex-Ald. Edward M. Burke should be sentenced to 10 years in prison for illegally wielding his considerable clout to strong-arm developers and threaten one of Chicago’s cultural icons for his own benefit.

Once Chicago’s most powerful politician, former Ald. Ed Burke was back in court Wednesday seeking a new trial or an acquittal for his conviction on corruption charges.

Longtime former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke is seeking a new trial or acquittal after being convicted of racketeering, bribery and extortion last year, NBC Chicago’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

Lisa Chavarria breaks down the charges former Chicago Ed. Burke has been found guilty of.

Former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke was found guilty on 13-of-14 federal corruption charges in connection with a variety of alleged schemes to solicit work for his private law firm while he was a member of the City Council.

Burke was indicted in 2019 on 14 counts of racketeering, extortion and bribery, accused of using his immense government power to steer business to his private law firm specializing in property tax appeals

Five years after the FBI raided his offices and six weeks after his federal corruption trial began, former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke on Thursday inched closer than ever to learning his fate, as prosecutors and his defense delivered their closing arguments.

Five years after the FBI raided his offices and six weeks after his federal corruption trial began, former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke on Thursday inched closer than ever to learning his fate, as prosecutors and his defense delivered their closing arguments, NBC Chicago’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

The prosecution rested its case on Tuesday in the federal corruption trial of longtime former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke, NBC Chicago’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

More than seven years after federal agents knocked on his door, former Chicago Ald. Danny Solis faced questions publicly for the first time Tuesday about his work as an FBI mole when he took the stand in the corruption trial of longtime Ald. Ed Burke.

Former Ald. Danny Solis took the stand on Tuesday in longtime former Ald. Ed Burke’s federal corruption trial, NBC Chicago’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.

More secret recordings were played in court as the federal corruption trial of former Ald. Ed Burke continues. Mary Ann Ahern has the latest on the trial.

During the ongoing federal corruption trial of former Ald. Ed Burke jurors once again heard Burke in his own words. Bennett Haeberle has the latest from the courtroom.

Prosecutors in the federal corruption trial of former Ald. Ed Burke played for the first time clips secretly recorded by fellow Ald. Danny Solis. Mary Ann Ahern has those recordings.

In the latest installment of former Ald. Ed Burke’s federal corruption trial, jurors heard recordings made by former Alderperson-turned-informant Danny Solis. Mary Ann Ahern has the details.

Was it a friendly business meeting – or an alleged shakedown? That’s the question attorneys asked jurors to weigh Wednesday in the federal corruption trial of former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke, who for decades was the most powerful member of City Council, NBC Chicago’s Bennett Haeberle reports.

Was it a friendly business meeting – or an alleged shakedown? That’s the question attorneys asked jurors to weigh Wednesday in the federal corruption trial of former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke, who for decades was the most powerful member of City Council.

Jurors listened to wiretapped phone conversations on Wednesday as the federal corruption trial of longtime former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke continues, NBC Chicago’s Bennett Haeberle reports.