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    Lawyers for ex-alderman Edward Burke confirm they will call alderman turned government mole Daniel Solis as a defense witness

    by Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune Oct 16, 2023 4 minutes
    Danny Solis, 25th, is flanked by Ald. Richard Mell, 33rd, left, and Ald. Edward Burke, 14th, before hearings in the Chicago City Council on May 28, 2013.

    CHICAGO — After a month of legal jockeying, lawyers for former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke confirmed in court Monday they will call alderman turned government mole Daniel Solis as a defense witness at Burke’s upcoming racketeering trial.

    The announcement by Burke’s high-powered defense team comes a month after prosecutors left Solis off their witness list, saying they planned to introduce dozens of undercover audio and video recording Solis made in the bombshell investigation through other witnesses.

    Prosecutors had asked that Burke’s attorneys be barred from calling Solis simply to try and impeach his credibility and question the unprecedented deal he got from the U.S. attorney’s office.

    But at a pretrial

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