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(The Center Square) – Quid pro quo allegations are a key part of the U.S. government’s corruption case against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and codefendant Michael McClain.
Madigan was indicted on charges of bribery, racketeering, extortion and fraud. [1] Mike McClain is a co-defendant in the case, [2] [3] who was convicted in the previous year's ComEd case. [4] [5] The case is regarded as one of the biggest public corruption cases in the history of Illinois, [6] and as a landmark case. [7]
(The Center Square) – Jurors started deliberating at the public corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in Chicago. Judge John Robert Blakey handed the case to the jury ...
(The Center Square) – Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi got a prominent seat in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's private box for the swearing in of the 101st General Assembly in 2019.
Standing trial alongside Madigan was longtime confidant Michael McClain, who prosecutors called Madigan’s “mouthpiece.” Jurors deadlocked on all of the counts McClain faced. McClain, a onetime state legislator and former lobbyist, was convicted last year with three others in a related case of a bribery conspiracy involving ComEd.
(The Center Square) – Jury deliberations are expected to begin Wednesday after the prosecution’s rebuttal case at the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and ...
In the event of a mistrial in the current jury trial, Madigan could make a different decision in a different proceeding if prosecutors decide to retry the case if jurors cannot reach a unanimous ...
CHICAGO — The federal corruption trial of former Illinois Speaker Michael Madigan resumes Wednesday, with closing arguments in the landmark case set to begin. Madigan is accused of coordinating ...