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.
Jurors heard almost 150 secret recordings in Madigan’s trial, including phone calls with co-defendant Michael McClain and conversations with government mole Danny Solis.
As ComEd’s lead external lobbyist for years, McClain took Madigan’s job recommendations and referred them to leaders at the ...
Longtime Springfield lobbyist Mike McClain and his wife Cinda walk toward the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Jan. 27, 2025, ahead of further closing arguments in his and former Illinois House Speaker ...
Michael Madigan’s defense team rested Thursday, nearly three months after opening statements and testimony began in the ...
Jurors hearing former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s trial were scheduled to begin deliberations Wednesday ...
Nearly four months after they were first called to Chicago’s federal courthouse, jurors have begun deliberating in the most ...