Nearly four months after they were first called to Chicago’s federal courthouse, jurors have begun deliberating in the most ...

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 shortly after 3 p.m. Wednes ...

Co-defendant Mike McClain's defense attorney said this trial is about lobbying and politics during closing arguments Tuesday.

Jurors hearing former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s trial are finally scheduled to begin deliberations Wednesday ...

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 codefendant Michael McClain.

Michael McClain, a longtime confidant of ex-speaker Michael Madigan, was a smart and diligent lobbyist who never agreed to or knew about any bribery scheme, his attorney told ...

Closing arguments have resumed at the bribery and racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and ...

While former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan waits to hear from jurors about whether he’ll go to prison, his one time right-hand man Timothy Mapes is already there.

Closing arguments by defense attorneys are expected to finish Tuesday at the corruption trial of former Illinois House ...

Michael Madigan’s defense team has resumed closing arguments at the former Illinois House speaker’s corruption trial in Chicago.