Feds raid Former tax Lawyer for Trump

Jesus. Have they raided his dentist yet?

How can someone call themselves "liberal" and be OK with this?

I wonder how much each of these raids costs the American taxpayer? I’m guessing hundreds of thousands

This has nothing to do with Trump at all. He is an old school Chicago public official who is as dirty as they come and whose family is embedded into Chicago democratic politics. He has always been known as the guy you are forced to hire when the County Assessor extorts building owners with super inflated property taxes. You hire Burke or his daughter Jennifer to appeal your property taxes and he gets the property taxes lowered. He is very expensive to hire and he is a heavy contributor to the tax assessors in Chicago.

In other words this guy is a shakedown scum bag and hopefully they take his arse down but this has zero to do with Trump.

Federal agents showed up unannounced at the City Hall office of Finance Committee Chairman Ed Burke, kicked everyone out and papered over the windows Thursday morning.

The exact nature of their visit was not known, but Ald. Burke (14th) has dodged dozens of federal investigations over five decades in Chicago politics.

A source told the Sun-Times the raids were in response to new allegations, and not prompted by any past controversies that have swirled around Burke. That means, for now, the investigation isn’t focused on Burke’s property-tax-appeal work for President Donald Trump, or Burke’s oversight of a city workers’ compensation fund, among other matters.

Federal agents also showed up to Burke’s ward office and papered over the windows there.

Agents were in the City Hall office about seven hours; they left about 2:20, using a back staircase to avoid waiting reporters.

Burke’s brother, state Rep. Dan Burke, reached in Springfield, was stunned by the news.

Ed Burke’s wife, Ann Burke, serves on the Illinois Supreme Court and earlier this month, voters endorsed her for another term on the court.

Ed Burke, a Democrat,

In 50 years as ward committeeman and 49 years as alderman of the now-majority Hispanic ward once represented by his father, Burke has survived numerous threats to depose him as chairman of the City Council’s Finance Committee by mayors with whom he subsequently reached political accommodation.

It sounds like the MSM are hoping this is about Trump.

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Burke’s law firm of Klafter & Burke has worked with Trump’s companies repeatedly to reduce the property tax that Trump Tower and his other properties in Chicago have had to pay, according to the Sun-Times.

Over his 12 years working for Trump, Burke was allegedly able to cut the property taxes on the downtown tower by more than $14 million.

Burke stopped working for Trump this summer, citing “irreconcilable differences” in letters filed with the Illinois State Property Tax Appeal Board.

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Federal agents showed up unannounced at the City Hall office of Finance Committee Chairman Ed Burke, kicked everyone out and papered over the windows Thursday morning.

The exact nature of their visit was not known, but Ald. Burke (14th) has dodged dozens of federal investigations over five decades in Chicago politics.

A source told the Sun-Times the raids were in response to new allegations, and not prompted by any past controversies that have swirled around Burke. That means, for now, the investigation isn’t focused on Burke’s property-tax-appeal work for President Donald Trump, or Burke’s oversight of a city workers’ compensation fund, among other matters.

It doesn’t mean, however, that those dots won’t be connected later.

About 15 agents had arrived at City Hall about 7:30 a.m., bringing their own boxes. Some then went across the street to the underground parking garage at the Daley Center to find Burke’s car, but it wasn’t there.

Federal agents also showed up to Burke’s ward office and papered over the windows there. A group of them left about 1:10 p.m., nothing in hand, but others remained inside. By 1:30 p.m., they appeared to be wrapping up, and the brown paper had been removed.

About 1:40 p.m., the remaining agents left out the back door, with one cardboard file box, a computer and two computer monitors. Another carried up a giant wad of the brown paper that had covered the windows.

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It's time to end this witch hunt and, go after the real criminals. Burn it all down right in front of the MSM.

Mueller has caught the trail of something it seems. Hate to say it but I’m not seeing Trump being president much longer. shite looks bad right now

Ahh the MIGHT of Der Staat is impressive. Non-conformists take heed.