(From left) Ald. Jim Gardiner (45), Ald. Ed Burke (14) and Ald. Carrie Austin (34) all made significant expenditures from their campaign accounts on legal services during the fourth quarter of 2021. [Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago; Heather Cherone/The Daily Line] 

Chicago aldermen under indictment or federal investigation continued to spend campaign funds on legal fees during the last quarter of 2021 while the Illinois Supreme Court decides whether the practice should be legal.