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 ...

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 ...

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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The outcome of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption trial will be watched closely well beyond Chicago’s federal courthouse, with the verdict representing a potential make ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan exits the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in the Loop after a day of trial, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Share Federal prosecutors ...

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 ...

But after jurors went home for the week Wednesday, prosecutors made clear they believe evidence previously barred from Madigan’s trial is now fair game, thanks to Madigan’s testimony.