Precisely one month from the history-making moment former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was convicted of corruption, ...

LIVE UPDATES: Madigan trial live blog It is hard to overstate the significance of this verdict, even when it was a partial one. A jury of eight women and four men held truth to power, and found ...

U.S. District Judge Manish Shah left intact the conspiracy conviction and other counts against the four defendants, convicted ...

A federal judge on Monday granted a partial retrial on several bribery counts in the case of four former executives and ...

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 ...

The search for Chicago’s 42nd U.S. attorney comes at a significant moment in history for an office long extolled as a model ...

It’s unclear what prompted the departure of Assistant U.S. Attorney Amarjeet Bhachu. The news comes in the early days of ...

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 ...

The high-profile racketeering bribery trial of former Democratic Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and his co-defendant, Michael McClain, has been the most highly-anticipated trial in years.

Chicago’s top federal prosecutor for public corruption has submitted his resignation effective March 14, a spokesman for the ...

U.S. District Judge John Blakey declared a mistrial for all counts where jurors were deadlocked, but it's unclear if prosecutors will seek another trial on those charges. Madigan did not discuss ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan arrives at federal court where he is on trial for charges in a multimillion-dollar racketeering and bribery scheme, Oct. 21, 2024, in Chicago. (AP ...