Jon Seidel

City Hall has offered a protest route near the United Center, but groups promising a massive protest still aren't satisfied.

Conflicts over park permits and speaker slots outside the convention have also threatened to prolong the litigation. The convention begins Monday at the United Center and McCormick Place.

The jury that convicted Burke in December found developer Charles Cui guilty of bribery and lying to the FBI.

Friday's sentencing of developer Charles Cui gave U.S. District Chief Judge Virginia Kendall a rare opportunity to reflect on the sentence she handed Chicago's most-powerful City Council member two months ago.

Testimony and arguments offered a taste Thursday of what’s to come as a series of public corruption trials resume this fall. Michael Madigan had been sent to go to trial last spring, but a review of a key bribery law by the U.S. Supreme Court prompted a six-month delay.

Earlier, the judge told authorities to “make Mr. Hoover present in person” for a hearing on his bid for a sentencing break under the First Step Act. Hoover has been held for years in the federal supermax prison in Colorado.

Prosecutors are nearing the end of their case against AT&T Illinois President Paul La Schiazza. Attorneys say it could be in the hands of the jury by the end of next week.

Jurors heard four days of testimony in the trial of Paul La Schiazza before prosecutors and defense attorneys rested their case Monday afternoon.

Hoover is asking to cut short his time in federal prison under the First Step Act. But the decision to grant mercy rests with U.S. District Judge John Blakey, nominated to the bench in 2014 by then-President Obama.

The FBI raided Burke’s offices in November 2018, revealing the existence of a sprawling federal investigation of state and city politics. A jury convicted Burke in December of racketeering, bribery and attempted extortion.