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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
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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