With allegations of corruption at the highest levels of state government, the racketeering trial of former Democratic House Speaker Michael J. Madigan and his longtime confidant, ex-lobbyist ...

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CHICAGO — The federal corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and longtime political advisor Michael McClain is now passing the 16-week mark. The case remains in ...

The trial represents the apex of a long federal corruption investigation that has already resulted in convictions for several other Madigan-adjacent figures over the past few years. But Madigan is ...

Air traffic controllers were emailed by the Trump administration urging them to quit their jobs and take mass “buyouts” just 24 hours after the D.C. plane crash. They were among hundreds of ...

With allegations of corruption at the highest levels of state government, the racketeering trial of former Democratic House Speaker Michael J. Madigan and his longtime confidant, ex-lobbyist Michael ...

Criminal defense attorney Michael Leonard joins Jon Hansen on Let’s Get Legal to discuss the Mike Madigan trial as the jury breaks for the weekend. Michael Leonard also explains how a closing argument ...

In a sign of how disjointed the landmark trial has been at times, Madigan’s attorneys started calling witnesses nearly a month ago — Dec. 19 — but there have been only six days of testimony ...