Defense to resume after holiday for Madigan bribery, racketeering trial
Jurors are off until next year at the bribery and racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and codefendant Michael McClain. The court is in recess until Dec. 30, when Judge John Robert Blakey scheduled a charge conference for attorneys and parties.
Former AT&T Illinois executive accused of bribing Mike Madigan gets new trial date
U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman set a June 2025 trial date for Paul La Schiazza, a week after shooting down a long-shot bid for acquittal.
An apartment developer was first defense witness in Michael Madigan's corruption trial
Defense lawyers for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan called their first witness in his federal corruption trial. Madigan’s first witness, developer Andrew Cretal, was building a 300-unit apartment project in the West Loop in 2017.
Former IL House Speaker Michael Madigan defense attorneys begin presenting case in trial
Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan's defense attorneys began presenting their case Thursday at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse.
Prosecution rests in Madigan trial as defense calls witness dropped from feds’ list
After calling 50 witnesses over the last two months, prosecutors in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s federal corruption trial rested their case Wednesday, followed immediately by defens
Defense kicks off case in Mike Madigan corruption trial with lobbyist questions
Madigan's co-defendant Mike McClain — a longtime ally of the ex-speaker as well as a veteran lobbyist in Springfield — presented his own case Wednesday to the jury ahead of Madigan's turn. McClain's attorneys called a single witness to the stand Wednesday, the now-retired AT&T lobbyist Steve Selcke.
Madigan corruption trial breaks for holidays amid defense case
Madigan trial highlights lobbying, real estate dealings, and testimony contradicting bribery and extortion allegations.bri
McClain defense attorneys rest case as Madigan corruption trial continues
After 40 days of testimony, former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan co-defendant Mike McClain Thursday rested his defense in their federal corruption trial. Attorneys for the former speaker, however,
Madigan lawyers send jurors home for holidays with warm thoughts about ex-Speaker
Judge John Blakey sent jurors home Thursday until Jan. 2, giving them their longest break since Michael Madigan's trial began ...
Developer in Michael Madigan's corruption trial says he never felt intimidated to hire speaker’s law firm
A real estate developer at the center of an alleged attempted extortion scheme by ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan testified ...
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Former AT&T exec testifies as Madigan corruption trial enters new phase
(The Center Square) – Defense attorneys have begun making their case at the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker ...
McClain defense team rests; Madigan’s counsel now presenting their case
Day 40 of the federal corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and co-defendant Michael McClain on ...
Mike Madigan trial live updates: Former IL House speaker's defense attorneys start building case
Co-defendant Mike McClain's attorneys rested their case Thursday. Madigan's attorney called Andrew Cretal to the witness ...
Prosecution rests in Michael Madigan trial
After more than three months, the prosecution rested in the ongoing corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael ...
Ex-Rep. Eddie Acevedo forgets his glasses — and his past testimony — as he takes the stand in Madigan trial
Acevedo seemed just as troublesome as predicted in his first 30 minutes on the witness stand in former state House Speaker ...