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Originally Posted by Baronvonellis
I thought Rahm would, but he's running for president or something.
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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
^ holy fuck!
now that's a political bombshell.
we all knew burke was crooked AF, but the fact that this might also topple preckwinkle, well that's something else altogether.
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Lol yup, Preckwinkle might be more than toppled if the Feds follow all leads originating from this. Apparently Burke's phones were tapped too so undoubtedly they have multiple other horse trading incidents on tape and will leverage these apparently solid charges to try to flip Burke into taking down everyone in his circle in exchange for maybe a shot at freedom again for a few years before he dies.
What great news, as much as Preckwinkle has claimed to be a reformer, she's a slimebag machine politician like the rest of the Democratic machine at the end of the day. Too bad Rahm isn't hanging around, he has never been on good terms with these people and, in fact, one of his first orders of bust upon being elected was to start fucking with Burke's security detail and other perks.
I thought this quote from the Tribune article was particularly cute:
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“Chairman Edward M. Burke would like to invite you to a fundraiser in support of Hon. Toni Preckwinkle,” reads the invitation to the Jan. 19 fundraiser, which offered the status of chair for $10,000, co-chair for $5,000 and sponsor for $2,500. In the weeks that followed, Preckwinkle’s campaign reported tens of thousands of dollars in contributions, and in recent years Burke has contributed nearly $13,000 to her campaign fund, the Tribune previously reported.
After Burke’s City Hall and ward offices were raided by the FBI last month, Preckwinkle donated the $13,000 to charity. Hennelly said Preckwinkle has no idea why Burke may have been trying to leverage contributions to her campaign fund.
“Toni knows nothing about Ald. Ed Burke’s activities, the way he raised that money. She knows now, and she’s appalled,” Hennelly said. “If she had known at the time, we would have completely disassociated herself with it.”
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Does not compute. One doesn't simply receive $13k in donations from Burke and not know why he gave you money. One certainly doesn't immediately dump that cash to charity when Burke's offices get raided. Looks like someone got caught with their hand in a particularly disgusting cookie jar. She will be lucky if the Feds don't have the exact conversation between her and Burke telling her what she is going to do in exchange for certain "favors" on tape.
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