In Chicago Politics there are people who benefit from graft and those people who investigate it. These are their stories.

This week Alyssa tells John about Alderman Ed Burke’s corruption. They decide in the Dick Wolf Chicago series needs to add “Fraud” to the lineup. John likens it to mobster movies—he isn’t wrong. 

They share an inside joke where they laugh until they cry. 

Alyssa updates John on Ray Lopez. 

A weird R. Kelly digression which involves Trump Tower

A lot of names from the past. 

Show Notes:

FBI: Operation Graylord

FBI: Chicago History

Reason: Chicago Aldermen Dismayed Not by Corruption, but by One of Their Own Cooperating With the Feds

Washington Post: TASKS VARIED FOR ALLEGED 'GHOST EMPLOYEES'

WTTW: The Week in Review: Fallout from Ald. Ed Burke’s Corruption Charge

WTTW: The Week in Review: Legal Pot Advances, Ald. Burke Indicted

Chicago Reader: Defending the indefensible

Chicago Tribune: Who is Ed Burke? Alderman. Former cop. Ex-Trump attorney.

Chicago Reader: Council Whores

CST: Ald. Burke Keeping Mum on Shovel, Ghost Probes

CST: Ed Burke Brother Says He Rejected Money From Mole

CST: Burke Faults Dead Staffer in Payroll Scandal

CST: City Remap Bill Tops $5 Mil. - Big Legal Team Battles Aldermen's Suit

CST: Scandal hits close to home

CST: Cloud above Burke doesn't worry supporters

CST: Tighten ethics rules

CST: Curing corruption

CST: City remap history gets rewritten

CST: Stop this shameful parade

CST: Facts about Burke

CST: Daley won't push to get Burke ou

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