Mike Madigan trial updates: Star witness testifies in former Illinois House speaker trial
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The corruption trial for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has begun. Madigan had been indicted ...
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Hazy world of Springfield politics at center of ex-Speaker Madigan’s trial
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan arrives at the Dirksen U.S ... One juror told the Tribune after the mistrial was declared that there seemed to be very little daylight between ...
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4 decades after rising to power and nearly 4 years since his fall, Madigan goes to trial
who’d been charged with bribing Madigan in a similar manner as ComEd with a contract for the speaker’s political ally who never did any work for his $22,500 payout. The mistrial, as well as a ...
Madigan jurors hear ally complaining to speaker's son about those who don’t get ‘what happens when you’re in this game’
In this 2007 photo, then Rep. Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, center, was sworn in as state House speaker in Springfield. From left are daughter and former state Attorney General Lisa Madigan; son Andrew ...
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Trial expected to begin for former House Speaker Michael Madigan
Madigan was the longest-serving State House Speaker in American history ... a deadlocked jury forced a mistrial in the case of former AT&T Illinois president Paul La Schiazza, who was accused ...
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Jury begins hearing testimony in former IL House Speaker Mike Madigan corruption trial
McClain is accused of shielding the former speaker by acting as an intermediary ... were found guilty of bribing Madigan. And just last month, a mistrial was declared in the case of former ...
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Madigan co-defendant warned ComEd CEO not to ‘provoke a reaction from our Friend’
Instead of envelopes of cash, the feds claim, ComEd gave jobs and contracts to the speaker’s allies ... month deadlocked and ...
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Ex-ComEd exec testifies Madigan's support was crucial to key bills it sought — but at a price
Former ComEd general counsel Thomas O’Neill outlined the “persistent pressure” he felt to sign and later renew a contract for ...
Feds ‘turned over heaven and earth’ in Madigan probe but found no real bribes, co-defendant says
CHICAGO — It was a day of déjà vu at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse Tuesday as veteran Statehouse lobbyist Mike McClain sat ...
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Jurors hear first wiretaps in Madigan corruption trial, recordings that suggested ex-speaker was hands-on boss
A lawyer for former House Speaker Michael Madigan told jurors at the outset of his corruption trial that the Democratic powerhouse was “completely ignorant” of what people were saying behind ...
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Mike Madigan trial: Government calls first witnesses to testify
CHICAGO - Federal prosecutors opened their case against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan on Tuesday with testimony from a pair of former Illinois lawmakers, who testified Madigan ...
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Four decades after rising to power former Illinois Speaker Madigan is going to trial
who’d been charged with bribing Madigan in a similar manner as ComEd with a contract for the speaker’s political ally who never did any work for his $22,500 payout. The mistrial, as well as a ...