Secret recordings give Madigan jurors inside 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 ...
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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 ...
WBEZ16d
Dozens of secret recordings at Madigan trial show close ties with McClain, undercutting key defense point
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan’s defense attorney Thursday did little to challenge a notorious 2018 phone call secretly recorded by the FBI in which Madigan’s alleged ...
Washington Examiner6d
Former staffer claiming harassment expected to testify in Madigan corruption trial
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 ...
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Mike Madigan trial updates: Testimony continues in former Illinois House 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 ...
Chicago Tribune6d
Jurors hear tape of Madigan being informed of plan to pay ousted aide: ‘Yeah, I think I oughta stay out of it’
Jurors in Michael Madigan’s corruption trial on Monday heard a key wiretapped phone call in which the speaker’s longtime confidant told him about a plan to kick payments to a loyal ward aide ...
Chicago Tribune5d
Ex-ComEd VP, crucial witness against Madigan, takes stand in corruption trial
a longtime associate of House Speaker Michael Madigan, asking that ComEd shift a contract for one of Madigan’s top 13th Ward soldiers that Marquez had never heard of, he had some obvious questions.
ABC 7 Chicago6d
Mike Madigan trial updates: Judge denies defense motion to exclude some evidence
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 ...
WBEZ16d
Jurors set to hear first of 200 secret recordings in Madigan corruption trial
The backbone of the case against former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan consists of more than 200 recordings that prosecutors promised jurors would hear over the next several weeks.
The Pantagraph1d
Testimony on Madigan’s #MeToo moment could add intrigue to corruption trial
Seven years ago almost to the day, Alaina Hampton sent a private letter to then-House Speaker Michael Madigan about sexual harassment from a co-worker that became a turning point in Madigan’s ...
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Ex-ComEd executive, crucial witness against ex-Illinois Speaker Michael Madigan, takes stand in corruption trial
CHICAGO — The former ComEd vice president who secretly recorded his colleagues as part of a federal corruption probe began testifying against ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan on Tuesday ...
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Government calling first witnesses in Michael Madigan corruption trial; co-defendant’s attorney gives opening statement
Prior to that, the attorney for Madigan’s co-defendant, Michael McClain, gave his opening statement Tuesday morning at the Everett M. Dirksen U.S. Courthouse. A 23-count indictment filed in ...