Diligent, hardworking, powerful: Defense portrait of Michael Madigan emerges
Madigan defense aims to show speaker was so powerful, companies in case may have made political hiring decisions to keep from ...
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Illinois’ culture of corruption may leave many feeling hopeless. But elected officials, from Gov. JB Pritzker to township ...
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Madigan corruption trial breaks for holidays amid defense case
Madigan trial highlights lobbying, real estate dealings, and testimony contradicting bribery and extortion allegations.bri ...
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 ...
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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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Developer in Madigan 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 ...
Mike Madigan trial updates: Government rests, defense builds case in ex-speaker trial
Acevedo's testimony was further impeached by FBI agent Kyle Scherrer, who was present during an interview with Acevedo in 2019. Scherrer said Acevedo told prosecutors he never did, nor was assigned ...