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Feds raid Former tax Lawyer for Trump
Posted on 11/29/18 at 4:32 pm
Posted on 11/29/18 at 4:32 pm
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Federal agents have reportedly raided the Chicago City Hall office of a lawyer who previously did tax work for President Trump.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that federal agents removed everyone from the office of Chicago Finance Committee Chairman Ed Burke on Thursday morning, covering the floor-to-ceiling windows with brown paper.
Source says feds showed up this am, asked everyone to leave and put brown paper on the doors. pic.twitter.com/4qJBwzoKF4
— Fran Spielman (@fspielman) November 29, 2018
Going ALL IN!
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Burke worked for Trump for more than a decade doing property tax work.
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.
The federal agents appearance at the Chicago office of Burke’s takes place on the same day Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen entered into a plea agreement to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
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Posted on 11/29/18 at 4:35 pm to Jjdoc
Jesus. Have they raided his dentist yet?
How can someone call themselves "liberal" and be OK with this?
How can someone call themselves "liberal" and be OK with this?
Posted on 11/29/18 at 4:36 pm to Jjdoc
Such bullshite.
Posted on 11/29/18 at 4:38 pm to Vacherie Saint
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Jesus. Have they raided his dentist yet?
They raided a lawyer who worked a DECADE for Trump doing property taxes. That's not the same thing as his dentist, but hyperbole away.
Posted on 11/29/18 at 4:40 pm to PBW2828
I hope that Trump unleashes HELL on members of the Dems.
Play by their rules!
It's time
Play by their rules!
It's time
Posted on 11/29/18 at 4:41 pm to PBW2828
Trump's tax lawyer rigged the election for Russia?
Posted on 11/29/18 at 4:42 pm to BurlesonCountyAg
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Trump's tax lawyer rigged the election for Russia?
This isn't about Russian Collusion. This is about power and control of the WORLD.
Trump is upsetting that order and the elites want him gone.
Posted on 11/29/18 at 4:42 pm to BurlesonCountyAg
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Trump's tax lawyer rigged the election for Russia?
I don't know about all that, but if there's an investigation and he worked for Trump for 10 years, it may be relevant.
Truth is, neither of us know.
Posted on 11/29/18 at 4:45 pm to PBW2828
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I don't know about all that, but if there's an investigation and he worked for Trump for 10 years, it may be relevant.
Truth is, neither of us know.
Truth is we do know. We know this is BS and has been for a long time.
This post was edited on 11/29/18 at 4:46 pm
Posted on 11/29/18 at 4:45 pm to Jjdoc
Nm
This post was edited on 11/29/18 at 4:47 pm
Posted on 11/29/18 at 4:46 pm to Vacherie Saint
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How can someone call themselves "liberal" and be OK with this?
Seemingly, they aren't bothered by the totalitarian state that is forming in front them while they vocally cheer it's growth.
Proof, liberalism is a mental disorder.
Posted on 11/29/18 at 4:46 pm to Vacherie Saint
quote:Part of Mueller's case involves proving that Trump received remuneration from the Russians. One of the most prevalent methods of clandestinely moving money is through the purchase and sale of real estate, especially by cash sales.
How can someone call themselves "liberal" and be OK with this?
Posted on 11/29/18 at 4:46 pm to Jjdoc
I wonder how much each of these raids costs the American taxpayer? I’m guessing hundreds of thousands
Posted on 11/29/18 at 4:47 pm to Jjdoc
Dude. He wasn’t trumps tax lawyer. He worked on property taxes. He is a dem and part of the Chicago machine. His office was at city hall. This has nothing to do with trump. You should change your title.
Posted on 11/29/18 at 4:48 pm to Jjdoc
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Truth is we do know. We know this is BS and has been for a long time.
Brother, you can post your 20 articles a day and keep trying to wish this away.
It certainly hasn't worked so far. Maybe that next Infowars link you post will have just the news that exonerates Trump. Fingers crossed!
Posted on 11/29/18 at 4:49 pm to Jjdoc
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.
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.
This post was edited on 11/29/18 at 4:52 pm
Posted on 11/29/18 at 4:50 pm to PBW2828
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Maybe that next Infowars link you post will have just the news that exonerates Trump. Fingers crossed!
Is that how you think this works? The burden is on Trump to exonerate himself?
Posted on 11/29/18 at 4:51 pm to The Pirate King
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I wonder how much each of these raids costs the American taxpayer? I’m guessing hundreds of thousands
I'm not sure, but the Whitewater Clinton investigation took 6 years and cost $80 million.
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