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Madigan collects $158K while facing federal corruption trial in Chicago
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan collected a pension worth $158,000 in 2024 while facing a federal corruption ...
Jim Dey: Price for perjury keeps increasing for Madigan loyalist
While former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan waits to hear from jurors about whether he'll go to prison, his one time right-hand man Timothy Mapes is already there. The 70-year-old is doing ...
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‘The Story Isn’t True’: Attorney for Madigan Co-Defendant Rejects Bribery Allegations in Closing Arguments
Of the 23 total charges in the indictment, Michael McClain faces six counts including racketeering conspiracy, federal ...
Madigan attorney calls indictment ‘a worthless piece of paper’
Closing arguments by defense attorneys are expected to finish Tuesday at the corruption trial of former Illinois House ...
Madigan's lawyer gives longtime ally McClain a new moniker: 'Mr. Important'
Madigan and McClain are on trial for a racketeering conspiracy. Prosecutors say Madigan led a criminal enterprise for nearly ...
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A ‘Malignant Tumor’: Madigan Defense Takes Aim at Disgraced Ex-Ald. Danny Solis in Closing Arguments
Monday marked the fourth day of closing arguments in Michael Madigan’s landmark corruption trial at the Dirksen Federal ...
WATCH: Defense attorney says jury stands between Madigan and 'misguided prosecution'
Michael Madigan’s defense team has resumed closing arguments at the former Illinois House speaker’s corruption trial in ...
Madigan's attorney makes his case to the jury: 'The government sees the myth. They do not see the man.”
It's the final presentation from Madigan’s attorneys before jurors begin to deliberate the sweeping racketeering conspiracy ...