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Alderman office of Edward Burke raided today

Trump hired Burke's firm in 2006 to represent Trump Int'l Hotel & Tower Chicago - Burke saved Trump over $14.1 mil in taxes - Burke's firm also handles appeals on property taxes on the AT&T building now owned by Jared Kushner.
More on Trump and Edward Burke, who also did business on property owned by Kushner - The Donald and The Alderman break up; Burke no longer doing tax work for Trump
chicago.suntimes.com/business/the-d…
Important to note that at this time there's nothing known yet about why Federal agents raided Ald. Ed Burke’s City Hall office today
chicago.suntimes.com/news/ed-burke-…
Burke also worked closely with Rahm Emanuel - and they are both being sued

Edward Burke is Finance Committee chairman and controls the Chicago’s controversial and obscure $100 million workers’ compensation program, which has come under scrutiny for years
news.wttw.com/2018/07/30/ema…
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