The outcome of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption trial will be watched closely well beyond the federal courthouse, with the verdict representing a potential make-or-break moment at the Illinois Capitol.
Lawyers for former House Speaker Michael Madigan formally rested their case before the jury on Thursday after calling 12 witnesses, most notably Madigan himself.
The former top legal counsel to House Speaker Michael Madigan testified at Madigan’s corruption trial Wednesday that key legislation being pushed by ComEd and AT&T came amid a “political war” with then-Gov. Bruce Rauner and only passed after months of negotiations and compromise.
Former House Speaker Michael Madigan was grilled at his corruption trial on Tuesday about a comment caught on federal wiretaps, when Madigan said he “put a knife” into then-Senate President John Cullerton during a meeting with Gov.-elect JB Pritzker.
Former House Speaker Michael Madigan is expected to face a tough cross-examination by prosecutors in his federal corruption trial Monday, in what promises to be a defining moment in the landmark case.
Four years after resigning his seat in the legislature amid a burgeoning federal corruption investigation, Madigan is banking on his word once again and rolling the dice by testifying at his trial.
Ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan is set to return to the stand Wednesday morning, continuing testimony that will surely be some of the most crucial and closely examined of the bombshell public corruption trial.
In a stunning and risky move, ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan is planning to take the stand in his own public corruption trial.
After an extended 18-day holiday break from testimony, the jury in the corruption trial of former House Speaker Michael Madigan will be back to work Monday to hear more defense witnesses in a case inching to the finish line.
Lawyers in Michael Madigan’s trial came to court expecting a drag-out fight over the implications of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision.