Chicago Politician Says Bribery Case Lacks Smoking Gun

By Celeste Bott (November 17, 2023, 6:13 PM EST) -- Counsel for powerful former Chicago alderman Ed Burke told an Illinois federal jury Friday that jurors will see no tie between Burke's work as a lawyer on tax appeals and any city decision, urging them to reject prosecutors' claims that he repeatedly leveraged his City Council position to drum up business for his law firm....

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