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

Madigan and his now former friend and political fixer, 77-year-old Michael McClain, each face a 23-count criminal indictment.

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

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

The case remains in the hands of the jury as the second full day of deliberations wrapped up Friday afternoon without a verdict.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The corruption trial for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan continues. Madigan had been indicted on federal racketeering and bribery charges as a part of what federal ...

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 ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The corruption trial for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan continues. Madigan had been indicted on federal racketeering and bribery charges as a part of what federal ...

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 ...

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 ...