Michael McClain, a longtime confidant of ex-speaker Michael Madigan, was a smart and diligent lobbyist who never agreed to or ...

In their final pitch to jurors on Wednesday, prosecutors displayed a screenshot from an undercover video: Michael Madigan, ...

Defense attorney Patrick Cotter made the comment in the midst of his nearly five-hour closing argument Tuesday in the ...

Another video played in court showed an exchange between Solis ... Co-defendant Mike McClain's attorneys rested their case Thursday. Madigan's attorney called Andrew Cretal to the witness stand ...

The developments marked the end of the evidence phase of Madigan's trial, which has included more than 60 witnesses and ...

Madigan's attorney Dan Collins also warned jurors that ex-Chicago alderman-turned FBI informant Danny Solis is ...

Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Share The jury listening to the corruption case against former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan heard about his power, his reclusive nature, and how people in ...

The arguments follow 11 weeks of testimony in which jurors heard from 63 witnesses. Most notable among them was Michael ...

What the evidence of this trial did show is lobbying and politics...,” McClain attorney Patrick Cotter said in his closing ...