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Ald. Danny Solis Secretly Recorded Ed Burke For The FBI, Sun-Times Reports
https://blockclubchicago.org/2019/01/23/ald-danny-solis-secretly-recorded-ed-burke-for-the-fbi-sun-times-reports/?mc_cid=8af7333fd7&mc_eid=0541848a2d&mc_cid=8af7333fd7&mc_eid=0541848a2dDOWNTOWN — Veteran Ald. Danny Solis (28th) secretly recorded powerful Ald. Ed Burke (14th) and helped the FBI build its case against him, the Sun-Times reported Wednesday.
Over a span of two years, Solis, who chairs the City Council’s Zoning Committee and is an ally to Mayor Rahm Emanuel, wore a wire to record more than a dozen conversations to assist federal investigators build a case against Burke, the Sun-Times reported.
Solis is expected to resign now that his role as an informant has been disclosed, the paper reports.
Burke responded to the bombshell report Wednesday morning at City Hall. Solis was not at the City Council meeting Wednesday.
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