Madigan, 82, and his co-defendant, political ally and confidant Michael McClain, are accused of running a criminal enterprise ...

After four days of closing arguments, the political corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is ...

The jury resumed deliberations on Friday in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's federal bribery and racketeering ...

Michael Madigan’s defense team rested Thursday, nearly three months after opening statements and testimony began in the ...

The high-profile racketeering bribery trial of former Democratic ... U.S. Attorney Sarah Streicker accused Madigan and his co-defendant, Michael McClain, of “corruption at the highest levels ...

Closing arguments are set to continue Thursday in the federal corruption trial of longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan ...

After nearly three months, more than 60 witnesses and a surprising turn on the stand from the defendant himself, the evidence phase of former House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption trial has ...

Closing arguments are underway in the trial of Madigan and his former long-time confidant Mike McClain in a corruption trial that is the culmination of a years-long investigation into the way ...

Madigan and codefendant Michael McClain pleaded not guilty to 23 counts of bribery, racketeering and official misconduct in a trial that began with jury selection on Oct. 8. Chicago attorney Sam ...

But Monday, on the first day of testimony in Madigan’s trial in 2025, a former colleague of Cousineau in the speaker’s office took the stand as a defense witness and insisted that Cousineau ...

After more than three months of testimony from more than 60 witnesses, what is possibly the largest political corruption trial in Illinois history trial is drawing to a close. Madigan is charged ...

After four days of closing arguments, the political corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is slowly drawing to a close.