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    Lawyers for ex-Ald. Ed Burke to make in-person pitch to toss corruption conviction

    by Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune Jun 05, 2024 3 minutes
    Edward Burke leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse during a lunch break in his corruption trial on Dec. 6, 2023.

    CHICAGO — Six months after ex-Chicago Ald. Edward Burke’s landmark corruption conviction, his lawyers will be back in court Wednesday in a long-shot bid for a retrial on some counts and an outright acquittal on others.

    Burke, 80, was convicted by of racketeering conspiracy and a dozen other counts for using the clout of his elected office to try to win private law business from developers. He was acquitted on one count of conspiracy to commit extortion related to the redevelopment of a Burger King.

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