"Mr. Burke's hand was out again and again, demanding money and benefits from the very people he was supposed to act on behalf of," Assistant U.S. Attorney Diane MacArthur told jurors. "Ed Burke was a powerful and corrupt politician and this was his racket."
Arguments in the landmark racketeering trial will cap off a hot-button case that laid bare the inner workings of 'old-school' Chicago politics.
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