Trump's former Chicago attorney faces a key hearing on racketeering charges in February.
The charges in this indictment have nothing to do with Trump, but Edward Burke worked for Trump (in connection with Trump's Chicago Tower) over the same period of time that the Feds were wiretapping Burke's phone conversations in connection with the corruption charges in this indictment.
If this attorney was corrupt, was he only correct with regard to other legal matters? Or did he involve Trump in his corruption, too?
The February hearing has to do with the admissibility of wiretap evidence on Burke's phones over years. If the courts rule in favor of the government, this could get interesting.
Will Burke flip on Trump?
https://news.wttw.com/2021/12/14/ald-burke-faces-key-hearing-february-trial-slips-2022
"A federal judge said Tuesday that he has yet to finish reviewing more than 700 pages of arguments filed in the corruption case against Ald. Edward Burke (14th Ward) but expects to hold a key hearing in the long-stalled case in February.
"U.S. District Court Judge Robert Dow said during a brief hearing for Burke and his co-defendants, longtime aide Peter Andrews and Portage Park businessman Charles Cui, that he expected to finish his review in the coming weeks and schedule oral arguments in February.
". . . Burke’s attorneys have asked Dow to toss out evidence gathered by federal agents from wiretaps on Burke’s cellphone and City Hall offices, which captured thousands of conversations the longtime alderperson held during the course of a year, alleging the evidence was gathered improperly.
"Federal prosecutors defended the conduct of investigators and told the judge the probe “revealed Burke to be thoroughly corrupt and worthy of prosecution.”
BACKGROUND, FROM 2018:
https://www.vox.com/2018/11/29/18118393/ed-burke-fbi-raid-trump-lawyer
"On Thursday morning, FBI agents raided the City Hall office of Chicago Alderman Ed Burke, a powerful figure in Illinois state politics and a former property tax attorney for Donald Trump. . . .
"It’s not yet clear whether the search has anything to do with Trump. Details are scant and the FBI has not said who the target of the investigation is, or what the federal agents thought they might find in Burke’s office. As of Thursday afternoon, FBI Chicago spokeswoman Janine Wheeler simply confirmed that agents were “executing search warrants at multiple locations.”
". . . .Burke’s law firm, Klafter & Burke, began representing Donald Trump in 2006, while the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago was under construction. Burke had previously voted to approve the project as an alderman.
". . . Burke’s law firm saved Trump $14.1 million in property taxes between 2006 and 2018, according to the Sun-Times."
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