scheming with utility giants ComEd and AT&T to put his cronies on contracts requiring little or no work and using his public ...

Madigan, McClain and AT&T were involved in a strikingly similar scheme, prosecutors said. AT&T had tried for years to get the legislature to pass a bill that would relieve the company from having ...

In October 2022, prosecutors filed a superseding indictment that charged Madigan and McClain with conspiracy related to an alleged corruption scheme involving AT&T Illinois. The charges stem ...

In two of them, Madigan is accused of seeking and accepting bribes from ComEd and AT&T Illinois while the utilities were seeking favorable action from Madigan. Those allegations were central to ...

While Madigan himself was not accused of sexual misconduct, fallout from how a scandal was handled contributed to his loss of ...

A motion to exclude evidence in the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan has been denied.

Prosecutors allege that Madigan used his position to establish a network of corruption, rewarding his allies with lucrative contracts and benefiting utility giants like ComEd and AT&T.

In the rapidly unfolding federal corruption trial of former House Speaker Michael Madigan, Illinoisans are getting a close-up ...

Prosecutors have alleged that ComEd and AT&T Illinois gave out jobs and contract work to those loyal to Madigan to get legislation passed that would benefit them in Springfield. O’Neill ...

Madigan attorney Todd Pugh called it a “purely personal situation” — unlike other allegations that people were paid by ComEd and AT&T Illinois to influence Madigan. Assistant U.S. Attorney Amarjeet ...

Seven years ago almost to the day, Alaina Hampton sent a private letter to then-House Speaker Michael Madigan about sexual ...