Feds charge powerful Chicago official with corruption
CHICAGO - Longtime Alderman Edward Burke, one of Chicago's most powerful figures and a vestige of the city's old Democratic machine, turned himself in Wednesday on corruption charges alleging he used his political office for personal gain.
The criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court comes five weeks after the FBI carried out a stunning raid on Burke's City Hall office, working for hours behind windows covered with brown butcher paper before leaving down a back staircase with computers and files.
The criminal charges were jaw-dropping even for a city with a long history of public corruption. While dozens of his City Council colleagues have
