Drug dealer assumed he was bribing Chicago Political Boss Alderman Ed Burke

The Chicago Sun-Times reports:

An admitted drug trafficker assumed the $15,000 he allegedly paid two attorneys more than a decade ago was used in part to pay bribes to Ald. Ed Burke (14th) and others to get the zoning on his Southwest Side property changed to build apartments, according to a motion by federal prosecutors.

The dealer, Saul Rodriguez, is a government witness in the trial of former Chicago Police Officer Glenn Lewellen and five other men charged with drug conspiracy.

Lewellen’s attorneys have painted Rodriguez as a liar who was trying to curry favor with the government by providing agents with information about a powerful politician like Burke — or a cop like Lewellen.

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