Hello? Dumb s——.” The person on the other end of that call was not Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan, who resigned in 2021 and is now on trial with McClain for an alleged racketeering ...

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.

After Madigan was voted in as speaker that year, he gave almost every House Democrat an engraved clock that read: “The Honorable Michael J. Madigan. Longest-serving Speaker of a state House of ...

The Democratic Party of Illinois and political committees controlled by then-Speaker Madigan paid $275,000 to settle the lawsuit. The committees included Friends of Michael J. Madigan and the 13th ...

Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Share Finding a jury to hear the case against former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan took as long as some trials do from start to finish. After seven days and ...

But one of the biggest political racketeering cases in the city’s history — USA v. Michael J. Madigan — actually did land randomly at the bench of a judge nicknamed the “Son of RICO.” ...

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 ...

ComEd once found its fate tied so crucially to the Illinois Legislature dominated by Michael J. Madigan that the utility’s CEO was known to declare bluntly, “What’s important to the Speaker ...

Karen Conti, Partner at Conti & Dolan LLC, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the Madigan corruption trial, and highlight the fact that there is a difference between what is “immoral” and what is actually ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker was asked about the Madigan trial on Monday. The governor said that when corrupt people get caught, it might deter others from committing a corrupt act. “We want to make sure ...

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 ...