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UPDATE: Madigan found guilty in corruption trial
The jury has found former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan guilty on 10 counts of bribery conspiracy, bribery and wire fraud in the monthslong federal corruption trial. After announcing they ...
Former longtime Illinois legislative leader Michael Madigan is convicted in corruption trial
Jurors convicted former Illinois House ... and controlled several campaign funds. Standing trial alongside Madigan was longtime confidant Michael McClain, who prosecutors called Madigan’s ...
DOJ reviewing ‘ComEd Four’ bribery case, defense reveals in asking for sentencing delay
The Department of Justice is reviewing the convictions in the landmark “ComEd Four” bribery case involving former House ...
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Jury in Michael Madigan federal corruption trial heads home for 7th day without verdict
The jury in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's federal corruption trial went home without a verdict for the seventh day Thursday. There was again radio silence, with no notes at all ...
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Ex-Illinois Speaker Michael Madigan takes stand in his own corruption trial
CHICAGO - Michael Madigan, the ex-speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, has taken the stand to testify in his own defense during his federal corruption trial this week. The decision ...
Judge aims to sentence ComEd defendants in July, but attorney calls it 'reckless'
Prosecutors argue “there is a strong public interest in closure to this case, which has been pending for more than four years ...
Will President Trump let Mike Madigan off the hook? Ex-US prosecutor thinks maybe
Precisely one month from the history-making moment former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was convicted of corruption, a one-time federal prosecutor tells NBC Chicago that Madigan may end up ...