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

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

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

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

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

Burke to prison. “Over the years, we’ve had lots of talk of ethics reform with not nearly enough action.” Madigan, 82, a Southwest Side Democrat, and his co-defendant, Michael McClain ...

In it, Madigan can be heard laughing as he told his ally, Michael McClain, that certain ComEd ... work undercover for the FBI in a bid to avoid prison for his own alleged wrongdoing.

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

Former House Speaker Michael Madigan contended last week that as a blue-collar leader with a strong work ethic, he was angry and upset when he found out close associates he’d recommended for jobs with ...

Madigan, who served over 35 years as Illinois’ House Speaker, and co-defendant Michael McClain, 77 ... who was found guilty and sentenced to 14 years in federal prison. After more than eight ...

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