An attorney for Michael Madigan’s longtime chief of staff on Wednesday likened the top aide’s 2021 visit to a federal grand jury to a high school reunion — featuring a pop quiz in which failure results in a felony. “Tim Mapes did not lie in the grand jury,” defense attorney Katie Hill argued as Mapes’ perjury trial began in earnest. “He did not attempt to obstruct justice.”
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