Madigan corruption trial jury continues deliberations without any signs of conflict
Deliberations in the Michael Madigan political corruption trial continued for a sixth day, though there was no verdict, as a ...
Chicago Tribune9 天
Landmark corruption case against ex-Speaker Michael Madigan is in jury’s hands
Jurors will have to consider 23 counts against Madigan alleging an array of schemes to enrich his political allies and line his pockets. McClain is charged in six of those counts. To assist their ...
Chicago Sun-Times28 天
Madigan’s testimony changes ‘rules of the game,’ and jurors may now hear his famous ...
Michael McClain (left) and former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan leave the Dirksen Federal Courthouse. Anthony Vazquez and Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file Share Former Illinois House ...
Chicago Sun-Times22 天
Madigan ends testimony after sharing one of his regrets: ‘That I had any time spent with ...
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse last week. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Share Before he left the witness stand Tuesday after nearly 12 hours ...
Washington Examiner8 天
Madigan case: Jury to decide fate of alleged ‘Grand Masters of Corruption’
Madigan is charged with 23 counts of bribery, racketeering and official misconduct in connection with a scheme prosecutors called “The Madigan Enterprise.” Codefendant Michael McClain is ...
Chicago Tribune7 天
Madigan jury ends third day of deliberations without verdict
The Michael Madigan jury has ended its third day of deliberations without a verdict in Illinois’ highest-stakes public corruption trial in years. The jury of eight women and four men began ...
CBS News24 天
Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan wraps testimony in own his defense
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan stepped down from the witness stand Tuesday after days of testifying in his own defense in his corruption trial. It remained unclear ...
Washington Examiner10 天
Madigan attorney calls indictment ‘a worthless piece of paper’
Madigan served in the Illinois House from 1971 to 2021 and was speaker for all but two years between 1983 and 2021. He chaired the Democratic Party of Illinois for 23 years.
The Pantagraph6 天
Madigan defense attempts to chip away at bribery allegations as closing arguments continue
An attorney for Michael Madigan on Monday repeatedly denied that the ex-House speaker ever thought utility giant ComEd was bribing him, and painted co-defendant Michael McClain as an exaggerator ...
ABC 7 Chicago7 天
Mike Madigan trial live updates: Jury enters 3rd day of deliberations in corruption trial
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The jury resumed deliberations on Friday in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's federal bribery and racketeering trial. The jury started deliberating 14-and-a-half ...
Daily Herald8 天
Michael Madigan's fate now rests with jury
It was a well-known aphorism during former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s record 36 years in power that while others in the state’s political realm were merely playing checkers ...