Mike Madigan trial live updates: Defense cross-examines star witness in former IL speaker trial
After a four-day break, the defense geared up to begin cross examination on Tuesday morning in former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan's federal corruption trial.
Madigan trial resumes with cross-examination of ex-ComEd exec
Defense attorneys have begun cross-examining a convicted former ComEd executive at the bribery and racketeering trial of ...
Defense in Madigan corruption trial confronts star government witness over jobs, favors
Defense attorneys in the Michael Madigan corruption trial began their cross-examination of a key witness Tuesday by trying to ...
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4 decades after rising to power and nearly 4 years since his fall, Madigan goes to trial
CHICAGO — On a late October day in Springfield nearly five years ago, then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan exited a private caucus meeting and strode up to a group of waiting reporters in ...
Former ComEd exec 'dropped and did' for Madigan, corruption trial reveals
A former ComEd executive has detailed how he and others at the utility company dropped what they were doing to please former ...
The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus5d
Jury selection for Madigan trial slows further with no one chosen in first Wednesday session
CHICAGO — A day and a half of intensive questioning yielded no new jurors by midday Wednesday in the corruption trial of Michael Madigan, as the already sluggish pace of jury selection slowed to ...
Tri States Public Radio5d
Secret recordings give Madigan jurors look at patronage, payments, danger of putting pen to paper
Prosecutors have begun to firm up one of the key pillars of their case, alleging Michael Madigan accepted bribes from ComEd in exchange for favorable treatment of the utility’s bills in Springfield.
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Madigan co-defendant’s lawyer tells jury legal lobbying is not bribery, says feds’ view ‘just wrong’
CHICAGO — A lawyer for ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan’s longtime confidant told a federal jury Tuesday that the allegations of bribery and corruption against the pair attempt to criminalize ...
Chicago Sun-Times12d
Madigan’s longtime aide takes the stand to testify against 'ultimate decision maker' in the House
Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times Share Michael J. Madigan’s attorneys tried again Tuesday to distance the former Illinois House speaker from a longtime friend and confidant, pressing ComEd’s onetime ...
WGN-TV14d
Madigan trial: Key government witness cross examined for hours Tuesday
CHICAGO – Testimony in the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan and his advisor Michael McClain is now in its second week and on Tuesday, Madigan’s lawyers worked to ...
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Mike Madigan trial updates: Jury hears more testimony in ex-speaker trial
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The corruption trial for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has begun. Madigan had been indicted on federal racketeering and bribery charges as a part of what federal ...