Feds raid office of Chicago-based attorney who did tax work for Trump
by Dominick Mastrangelo
| November 29, 2018 02:16 PM
Federal agents raided the office of a Chicago City Hall official and former tax attorney for President Trump on Thursday, according to local media reports.
The FBI showed up at the Chicago offices of Ald. Ed Burke, removed all people, and papered over the windows, the Chicago-Sun Times reports.
The purpose of the raid was not immediately clear.
Burke, a Democrat and the current Finance Committee chairman for the City Council in Chicago, was defeated in a recent election following political attacks regarding his property tax appeal work for Trump and the president’s properties in the city.
Illinois state Rep. Dan Burke, Ed’s brother, told the Sun-Times he was shocked by the news of the raid.
“I don’t have a clue. Any time there is this type of thing, where they come in and paper your windows, certainly that’s a concern,†Dan Burke said. “But I know my brother. For his entire life and career he’s been abiding by the law.â€
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