Federal agents raid powerful Chicago Ald. Ed Burke's City Hall office

[brooklynite]

Source: Chicago Tribune

Federal agents raided the City Hall office of powerful Chicago Ald. Ed Burke on Thursday morning, sources familiar with the development confirmed.

Agents arrived at the office early Thursday morning, told employees to leave and papered over the glass windows at the office’s entrance to conceal the investigation going on inside, a source confirmed. A woman who left the office and did not identify herself said FBI agents were inside.

Burke’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Burke’s ward office on the Southwest Side also had the same brown paper taped over its front door with three signs that read, “Office closed.” An officer sitting in a squad car parked behind Burke’s ward office said a search warrant was being executed inside but offered no further details.

Read more: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-chicago-alderman-ed-burke-offices-raided-fbi-20181129-story.html

[Perseus]

1. Burke's small law firm did tax work for Trump for 12 years

This seems to be the reason....Are the man-child taxes coming out?

[brooklynite]

2. I'm reaching out to a friend with connections to the Cook County Democratic Party...

[watoos]

3. Tell Rahm it's his turn to buy.

[brooklynite]

5. I've met with Rahm, but I'm reaching out to someone more in the trenches.

[LanternWaste]

6. Of course...

[TexasBushwhacker]

4. Drip drip drip

"In addition to his aldermanic duties, Burke’s law firm is among the most prominent property tax appeals firms in the city. Burke’s work has included conducted property tax appeals for President Donald Trump’s Chicago tower."

I can't imagine how this is allowed. It seems like such a conflict of interests.

[mikeysnot]

7. Possible Petition fraud

is what I am hearing, since it is his work office and not law office.

[lunasun]

8. Been a powerful alderman forever . Everyone

is saying trump but could be anything he has a hand in the city’s finances
He was part of the famous Council Wars a very racially polarized part of history in the city when Harold Washington was mayor .
The leaders against Washington in the council were “fast Eddie” (Vydoliak)
and Burke , who was called “slow Eddie”
http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/342.html

[murielm99]

9. Yep.

And now Burke's wife is an Illinois Supreme Court justice.

[Honeycombe8]

10. They're coming at Trump from all angles. I imagine Trump is feeling the squeeze big time.

I bet he's apoplectic in private & barely keeping it together in public.

This is amazing.

I feel a wind blowing. However, desperate men take desperate actions.

[Talitha]

11. OMG - I used to help clean Burke's vacation home in southern WI !!!

It was quite a while ago but the house was HUGE and GORGEOUS!!! Ebony piano, hot tub, the works. IIRC it was in Powers Lake WI but don't quote me on that.

I didn't know them personally, but remember knowing who he was - and had heard his name a number of times on the news when I was growing up in Chicago. Whether it was good news or bad news, I really couldn't say.... who follows politics when they're young, you know?

But anyway, I read the Raw Story headline today in my newsletter and just about choked when I realized I used to clean his house. Small world!