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Instead of rallying around incumbent New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman, top Democrats made little efforts to protect him from AIPAC and George Latimer.
U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall seemed affected by the hundreds of letters written by Burke’s supporters. “I have never in all my career seen the letters that I have received for Mr. Burke.”
Many current and former City Council members said U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall's sentence struck the appropriate balance between discouraging political corruption and showing the mercy they believed Burke had earned from his many acts of kindness.
A beautiful early summer day in Chicago sees the former lion of the City Council get a two-year prison term.