Feds expected to call ex-state Rep. Lou Lang, play first recordings in Madigan corruption trial
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday are expected to play a first wave of nearly 200 secretly recorded conversations in the ...
Former lawmakers testify in Madigan corruption trial
The first witnesses have taken the stand in the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. U.S.
Crowd embraced the moment to put leaders under the pump
They didn’t look so much undecided as unconvinced, gazing with what appeared to be a collective suspicion about the ...
Madigan co-defendant’s lawyer tells jury legal lobbying is not bribery, says feds' view ‘just wrong’
A lawyer for ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan’s longtime confidant told a federal jury Tuesday that the allegations of ...
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Mike Madigan trial: Government calls first witnesses to testify
The attorney for Michael Madigan’s co-defendant, Mike McClain, revealed on Tuesday how lobbyists curry favor with politicians ...
Government calling first witnesses in Michael Madigan corruption trial; co-defendant’s attorney gives opening statement
The government is calling its first witnesses in the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan on ...
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Michael Madigan's corruption trial begins with harsh opening statements from prosecutors
Prosecutors delivered sharp opening statements on Monday, painting the long-time political leader as deeply corrupt.
Michael Madigan's 12 jurors are chosen and openings are on the horizon — but what took so long?
The 12 primary jurors include a nurse who enjoys Marvel movies, a woman who works for Aramark and another woman who has ...
Mike Madigan trial LIVE updates: Testimony to continue for 2nd day in former IL speaker's trial
The corruption trial for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has begun. Madigan had been indicted on federal ...
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Feds 'turned over heaven and earth' in Madigan probe but found no real bribes, co-defendant says
It was a day of déjà vu at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse Tuesday as veteran Statehouse lobbyist Mike McClain sat at a ...
Madigan’s approach to power at center of opening statements in his corruption trial
And on Monday in a federal courtroom, a jury in the ex-speaker’s corruption trial saw a portion of the video that has for ...
Defense goes after prosecution theory — and mole Solis — as trial of Madigan and ally McClain revs up
Tuesday's cross examination and final opening statement underscored that defense attorneys plan to strongly challenge the theory prosecutors have been battle-testing over multiple trials –– and ...