The agents arrived unannounced at the City Hall office of Finance Committee Chairman Ed Burke Thursday, kicking out anyone who was inside and placing brown paper over the windows and doors, according to the Chicago Sun Times.
Source says feds showed up this am, asked everyone to leave and put brown paper on the doors.
Eight more federal agents just arrived at Burke’s ward office.
Burke’s law firm of Klafter & Burke had worked with Trump’s companies for a dozen years to reduce property taxes on his Chicago skyscraper, saving more than $14 million, according to The Hill. The two reportedly went their separate ways earlier this year with Burke citing “irreconcilable differences.”
The raid on Burke’s Chicago office came as Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen pleaded guilty Thursday to making false statements to Congress.
A triple punch of perceived negative news seemed to delight the left, despite the fact that Cohen’s plea is already looking like another nothing-burger.
MAJOR bombshells today (and it's only 1pm):
Michael Cohen pleads GUILTY to lying about Trump Tower
Moscow and is COOPERATING
I’m at alderman Ed Burke’s City Hall office where feds reportedly raided this am and appeared to have covered the office with paper. Burke recently cut ties with Trump after working closely for 12 yrs and helped to cut property taxes on his Chicago Trump tower by more than 14 mil
Federal agents showed up unannounced at the Chicago City Hall office of Ed Burke, kicked everyone out and papered over windows, according to the Sun-Times.
Burke has apparently been Trump's lawyer on reducing his property taxes in Chicago.chicago.suntimes.com/news/ed-burke-…
People are rightfully pointing out that the suspiciously timed Burke raid is not known to be tied to his dealings with Trump
it could also be tied to his many other corrupted dealings in his political career
you are right and what a defense lol
According to the Sun Times:
About 15 agents had arrived at City Hall about 7:30 a.m., bringing their own boxes. Some then went across the street to the underground parking garage at the Daley Center to find Burke’s car, but it wasn’t there.
Federal agents also showed up to Burke’s ward office and papered over the windows there. A group of them left about...
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Wow, this is bigger than big folks. Ed Burke goes all the way back to Tony Accardo, and he has very close ties to both Obama and Trump. Burke is so dirty he makes Harry Reid look like a piker. The question now is, who's camp is raiding Burke's office? Obama's or Trump's? They both aren't going down, so this should be massive.
ReplyDeleteFor reference, read Bob Cooley's "When Corruption was King", and this pretty good old Breitbart article:
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2010/04/15/alderman-edward-burke-part-iii-top-machine-boss-of-obama-s-chicago/