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Podcast: WBEZ News
Episode: A smiling Ed Burke greets 2-year sentence
Description: Ex-Chicago Alderman Ed Burke spent 54 years in city council — the longest reign in history.
Now, he’ll spend two years in prison after a jury convicted him of using his power in office for private gain.
A federal judge handed down the sentence today.
WBEZ’s Mariah Woelfel joins us from federal court now for more.