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Ex-Ald. Ed Burke trial: Burger King exec testifies

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Zohaib Dhanani is the latest member of the Burger King renovation team to testify about the alleged extortion. The defense has painted Burke as a responsible steward of his ward who never tied the hiring of his law firm to any official action. Burke, 79, served 54 years as alderman before leaving the City Council in May.

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Ex-Ald. Ed Burke trial: Burger King exec testifies

The son of a Texas-based fast-food restaurant tycoon told a federal jury Tuesday he was “taken aback” when then-Ald. Ed Burke seemed to draw a direct link between helping with permit issues for their Southwest Side Burger King renovation and hiring Burke’s private law firm to do property tax appeals.

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