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 ...

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 ...

After more than three months, the fate of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is now in the hands of a jury.

Jury deliberations are expected to begin Wednesday after the prosecution’s rebuttal case at the corruption trial of former ...

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

Madigan and his now former friend and political fixer, 77-year-old Michael McClain, each face a 23-count criminal indictment.

Of the 23 total charges in the indictment, Michael McClain faces six counts including racketeering conspiracy, federal ...