Yesterday Chicxago’s longest-serving alderman reported to serve his prison sentence on corruption charges. Judy Wang, Angelica Sanchez, and Marisa Rodriguez at WGN report:
CHICAGO — Chicago’s longest-serving alderman reported to federal prison on Monday.
Former Ald. Ed Burke faces a two-year sentence and a $2 million fine. Last year, he was convicted of corruption for using his position to benefit his law firm.
On Monday afternoon, the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed to WGN News that Burke is in custody at the Federal Correctional Institution Thomson in Thomson, Illinois. The low-security prison is home to nearly 2,000 inmates and just over 100 inmates in an adjoining camp.
I honestly believe that if all members of the Chicago City Council guilty of corruption were imprisoned the only way a quorum could be convened would be in the prison yard.
The chairman of the Illinois Democratic Party has been indicted on charges of corruption. Whether he will be convicted I can’t say but I doubt that anyone doubts he is guilty.
