Burke, 77, a Democratic stalwart and onetime dean of the City Council, was originally charged in a criminal complaint in January 2019. He was indicted four months later on 14 counts including racketeering, federal program bribery, attempted extortion, conspiracy to commit extortion and using interstate commerce to facilitate an unlawful activity.
Federal prosecutors allege Ald. Ed Burke made anti-Semitic remark, detail ex-Ald. Solis cooperation in new court filing
