Ald. Edward Burke’s legal tab is $2.7M and growing as he awaits trial on federal corruption charges

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Embattled Ald. Edward Burke has spent more than $2.7 million on legal fees, tapping a deep reservoir of campaign funds built up over decades as he awaits trial on charges of racketeering, bribery and attempted extortion.

[Most read] Column: Chicago Public Schools and Lightfoot should have seen school closures coming, not sought normalcy in abnormal timesThe benefit of having City Hall’s largest campaign fund, however, is that Burke doesn’t have to use his personal wealth to pay his lawyers.

In addition, Burke has spent another $156,000 with Blegen & Garvey, the firm representing Peter Andrews, a longtime 14th Ward aide who has pleaded not guilty to conspiring with Burke to shake down two business owners seeking to renovate a Burger King in the ward. While Illinois law allows politicians to spend campaign money on legal expenses, Burke may have an incentive not to spend all of it.

While Burke continues his fight in court, he’s also facing a political battle at City Hall, as aldermen feud over the boundaries for the city’s new ward map. It’s a once-a-decade process set in motion by new census results that Burke used to hold great power over in backroom negotiations.

 

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Corruption? …Chicago ? That doesn’t seem right…. Keep voting for these dingbats keep getting the same headlines

Hoarding campaign funds and using them for criminal defense. Anything wrong with that picture?

He knew it was inevitable...always a good planner.

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