Chicago Sun-Times2d
Jurors begin deliberating after prosecutor argues Madigan 'lost his way, he was blinded by profit'
Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file Share When Michael J. Madigan’s longtime friend penned a retirement letter in 2016, he compared the record-breaking Illinois House speaker to Chicago’s famous ...
Washington Examiner3d
Madigan attorney calls indictment ‘a worthless piece of paper’
Madigan served in the Illinois House from 1971 to 2021 and was speaker for all but two years between 1983 and 2021. He chaired the Democratic Party of Illinois for 23 years.
AOL4d
Madigan attorney calls indictment 'a worthless piece of paper'
Madigan served in the Illinois House from 1971 to 2021 and was speaker for all but two years between 1983 and 2021. He chaired the Democratic Party of Illinois for 23 years.
ABC 7 Chicago4d
Mike Madigan trial live updates: Defense begins closing arguments in federal corruption trial
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 ...
ABC 7 Chicago2d
Mike Madigan trial live updates: McClain's defense wraps up closing arguments
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 ...
Chicago Sun-Times4d
Madigan's attorneys end case by blasting FBI mole Solis as ‘stage actor,’ ‘massive tax cheat,’ — and ‘malignant tumor’
Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times file Share Former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan will soon learn whether a jury believes he’s guilty of a sweeping racketeering conspiracy, but for a moment ...
New York Post2d
Amy Schumer is still mortified over Bradley Cooper’s two-word remark about her age
Inside Amy Schumer is a just a regular person with regular person feelings. So when Bradley Cooper asked the comedian if she was 50 yet, she couldn’t help but be taken aback. While on “The ...
Journal Gazette and Times Courier4d
Madigan defense attempts to chip away at bribery allegations as closing arguments continue
Madigan, 82, a Southwest Side Democrat, and his co-defendant, Michael McClain, 77, a longtime lobbyist from downstate Quincy, are charged in a 23-count indictment alleging that Madigan’s vaunted ...
WGN-TV4d
Madigan defense attacks credibility of star witness, former Chicago alderman in closing arguments
CHICAGO (WGN) — Defense lawyers delivered closing arguments Monday in the political corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. Madigan’s defense team took aim at the ...
WGN-TV1d
‘Grandmasters at corruption’: Government finishes rebuttal, jury deliberations begin in Madigan trial
CHICAGO – The landmark federal corruption trial involving former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and political confidante Michael McClain is winding down. Since early October, a jury of ...
AOL4d
WATCH: Defense attorney says jury stands between Madigan and 'misguided prosecution'
Madigan’s attorney said the Future Energy Jobs Act (FEJA), which passed in 2016, “was a monster.” “It wasn’t an exchange. … it was done on the merits,” the defense lawyer insisted.