Jason Meisner

@jmetr22b

Chicago Tribune reporter covering the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago

Joined February 2010

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  1. 9 hours ago

    Burke's own words coupd bury him as wiretap on cellphone lasted at least 8 months. During that time, at least 9,475 calls were made or received on the phone, according to the bombshell corruption charges unveiled Thursday.

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  2. 10 hours ago

    Ed Burke Jr. landed a $100k-a-year county job that called for applicants who have a master’s degree in emergency management or public safety. Burke Jr. has a bachelor’s in criminal justice from Lewis University in Romeoville.

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    NEWS: Toni Preckwinkle's administration hired Ald. Ed Burke's son, Ed Burke Jr., to nearly $100K a year county job

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  4. 13 hours ago
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  5. 14 hours ago

    A decade ago, Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested by FBI agents who arrived in the predawn at his Ravenswood home and led him away dressed in a jogging suit. No so for Ald. Ed Burke.

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    In a Facebook video, Ald. Ed Burke says he fully intends to seek re-election.

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  7. 14 hours ago

    Accused of preventable inmate deaths, state agrees to sweeping health care reforms, oversight at all prisons reports

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  8. 16 hours ago

    In asking for the charges against Burke to be sealed, prosecutors said "the public filing of the complaint, affidavit and arrest warrant in this case before the arrest warrant can be executed could alert the defendant and result in his flight and the destruction of evidence."

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  9. 16 hours ago

    JUST IN; Court papers made public today show the FBI obtained an arrest warrant for Chicago Ald. Ed Burke on Tuesday when the criminal complaint was filed under seal. Burke later arranged to turn himself in.

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    Breaking: loses security detail and new Finance Chair Ald O’Connor says he won’t need bodyguards

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    "It's unbelievable." Ald. Edward Burke's City Hall colleagues and opponents react to his attempted extortion charge:

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    22 hours ago

    For years, spent his whole life trying not to be careless. But he talked on the phone. The federal criminal case spills into --with Preckwinkle & Chico panicking, pointing fingers. My column . Yeah, I'm back

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    21 hours ago
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    Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announces powerful Ald. Ed Burke will step down as the city’s Finance Committee chair after being charged yesterday with attempted extortion.

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    Jan 3

    Updated: Preckwinkle's campaign says it returned the $10,000 contribution tied to Ald Ed. Burke's alleged attempted extortion. The federal complaint against Burke, however, says the politician later identified as Preckwinkle kept $5,600 of it. More here:

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  16. Jan 3

    UPDATE: As a consummate insider with his hands on many levers of power, Chicago Ald. Ed Burke is arguably one of the biggest fish ever reeled in by the U.S. attorney’s office in a seemingly never-ending parade of graft.

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  17. Jan 3

    For whar it's worth, Ed Burke was the first person to be criminally charged in federal court in the new year -- case No. 19-CR-001. Which is the easist docket number to remember since Rod Blagojevich's 08-CR-888.

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  18. Jan 3

    There are more than 50 Burger Kings in the city of Chicago, but none have woven themselves into recent city history like the one at 4060 S. Pulaski Road location.

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  19. Jan 3

    The revelation that Preckwinkle, who also is the chairwoman of the Cook County Democratic Party, was the intended recipient of the campaign contribution as part of Burke’s attempted extortion could prove deeply damaging to her mayoral aspirations.

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    Jan 3

    Campaign cash solicited from Burger King executive in Ed Burke’s alleged 2017 extortion scheme was intended for Toni Preckwinkle, two sources tell the Tribune’s and . You might have heard, she’s running for mayor of Chicago.

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