Jurors begin deliberating after prosecutor argues Madigan 'lost his way, he was blinded by profit'
The investigation that led to Michael Madigan’s indictment changed the course of Chicago history. It also prompted a historic trial at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse that began in October and gave jurors a front-row seat to raw Illinois politics as it was practiced in the previous decade.
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan collected a pension worth $158,000 in 2024 while facing a federal corruption ...
Madigan and his now former friend and political fixer, 77-year-old Michael McClain, each face a 23-count criminal indictment.
Michael Madigan's attorney concluded his seven-and-a-half-hour closing argument Monday, meaning Madigan’s trial is nearing ...
What the evidence of this trial did show is lobbying and politics...,” McClain attorney Patrick Cotter said in his closing ...
In his testimony earlier this month, former House Speaker Michael Madigan cast himself as a champion of the working class, a ...
In their final pitch to jurors on Wednesday, prosecutors displayed a screenshot from an undercover video: Michael Madigan, ...
Closing arguments by defense attorneys are expected to finish Tuesday at the corruption trial of former Illinois House ...
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