A selection of cartoons by Tribune editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis on ex-Ald. Ed Burke’s corruption. On June 24, 2024, Burke was sentenced to 2 years in prison and ordered to pay a $2 million dollar fine, after he was found guilty on 13 counts of corruption in December 2023.
Editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis on Chicago City Council’s 2010 vote to create a City Council watchdog. (Scott Stantis/For the Chicago Tribune)
Editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis on ex-Ald. Ed Burke’s Chicago police security detail was pulled in 2011 and replaced with two retired officers. (Scott Stantis/For the Chicago Tribune)
Editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis on the 25 aldermen who voted in February 2016 to gut the ordinance assigning oversight of the City Council to then-Inspector General Joe Ferguson. City Council declared workers’ compensation funds, managed by Burke’s committee, off-limits to the inspector general. (Scott Stantis/For the Chicago Tribune)
Editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis on a Nov. 30, 2018 FBI raid on then-Ald. Ed Burke's City Hall and 14th Ward offices. (Scott Stantis/For the Chicago Tribune)
Editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis on then-Ald. Ed Burke being fined $2,000 by the Chicago Ethics Board in 2019. Burke had recused himself from debate of legislation that would have directly affected one of his clients from his law practice. Then, he participated in the debate. (Scott Stantis/For the Chicago Tribune)
Editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis on Toni Preckwinkle’s attempt to distance herself from then-Ald. Ed Burke during the 2019 mayoral election. (Scott Stantis/For the Chicago Tribune)
Editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis on Chicago's 2019 mayoral candidates getting swamped by the fallout over Ald. Ed Burke’s corruption scandal. (Scott Stantis/For the Chicago Tribune)
Editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis on attempted extortion charges brought against then-Ald. Ed Burke on Jan. 3, 2019. (Scott Stantis/For the Chicago Tribune)
Editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis on a 2019 14-count indictment accusing then-Ald. Ed Burke of racketeering, extortion and bribery. (Scott Stantis/For the Chicago Tribune)
Editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis on former Ald. Ed Burke’s decision not to seek reelection in Nov. 2022. (Scott Stantis/For the Chicago Tribune)
