Federal prosecutors on Wednesday are expected to play a first wave of nearly 200 secretly recorded conversations in the landmark corruption trial of former House Speaker Michael Madigan
A lawyer for ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan’s longtime confidant told a federal jury Tuesday that the allegations of bribery and corruption against them attempt to criminalize legal lobbying and relationship building at the center of the state’s politics.
Opening statements in the landmark corruption case against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and his longtime confidant were expected to kick off Monday after completion of an often-tedious jury selection process that has stretched on for nearly two weeks.
After a long week of intensive questioning, a panel of 12 people that will decide the fate of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was finalized Thursday, although attorneys for both sides still needed to select six alternates to sit for the landmark trial.
The jury that will decide the fate of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was still being chosen Wednesday after days of intensive and often lengthy questioning.
Jury selection in the landmark corruption trial of former Democratic political powerhouse Michael Madigan resumed Tuesday after a long holiday weekend, with seven panel members still needed to be selected before the opening statements begin.
Attorneys in the sweeping corruption case against ex-House speaker Michael Madigan resumed questioning potential jurors Friday morning, a process that has proceeded slower than expected and will now spill into next week.
Another long day of questioning potential jurors was underway Thursday in the corruption trial of ex-Speaker Michael Madigan and his longtime friend, Michael McClain.
The United States v. Michael Madigan and Michael McClain is one of the biggest public corruption cases ever brought in Illinois.