Federal agents raided the offices of Chicago Alderman Ed Burke, who worked for President Donald Trump for more than a decade doing property tax work.A source told ABC7 Chicago that building engineers who were working in Burke's office were kicked out by people who identified themselves as FBI.The windows of his office have been papered over. The powerful Chicago alderman’s small law firm had worked for Trump for 12 years, persuading Cook County officials to cut the property taxes on the president’s namesake downtown skyscraper by a total of more than $14 million, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. When asked about the raids on Burke's offices Thursday, the FBI told ABC7 Chicago, "Our agents are executing search warrants at multiple locations today. We have no further comment."Burke released a statement Thursday afternoon:"As you are aware, there have previously been several other investigations such as this. In every instance we cooperated fully. And in every instance nothing has been found. So once again we will be cooperating fully and I am completely confident that at the end of the day nothing will be found amiss in this instance either."

Federal agents raided the offices of Chicago Alderman Ed Burke, who worked for President Donald Trump for more than a decade doing property tax work.

A source told ABC7 Chicago that building engineers who were working in Burke's office were kicked out by people who identified themselves as FBI.


The windows of his office have been papered over.

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SOURCE: Building engineers working inside the office of Alderman Ed Burke were kicked out this morning by people who identified themselves as FBI @ABC7Chicago pic.twitter.com/nVFy0eJDZa — Craig Wall ABC 7 (@craigrwall) November 29, 2018

The powerful Chicago alderman’s small law firm had worked for Trump for 12 years, persuading Cook County officials to cut the property taxes on the president’s namesake downtown skyscraper by a total of more than $14 million, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

When asked about the raids on Burke's offices Thursday, the FBI told ABC7 Chicago, "Our agents are executing search warrants at multiple locations today. We have no further comment."

Burke released a statement Thursday afternoon:



"As you are aware, there have previously been several other investigations such as this. In every instance we cooperated fully. And in every instance nothing has been found. So once again we will be cooperating fully and I am completely confident that at the end of the day nothing will be found amiss in this instance either."

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