Michael Madigan trial live: Defense cross-examines star witness in ...
10 hours ago · CHICAGO (WLS) -- The corruption trial for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has begun. Madigan had been indicted on federal racketeering and bribery charges as a part of what federal ...
Key witness in Madigan corruption trial details how ex-Illinois speaker …
5 hours ago · November 13, 2024 / 6:25 PM CST / CBS Chicago. CHICAGO (CBS) – For five days, one of the star witnesses in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's federal corruption trial has been on ...
Defense attorney grills Madigan witness over false answer on gun ...
10 hours ago · The Sun-Times is community-funded. Donate now to support Chicago news. After a star witness in the case against former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan gave a false answer while trying to ...
Michael Madigan trial: Key witness Fidel Marquez cross-examined
1 day ago · In spring 2019, ComEd insider John Hooker told Marquez they were considering hiring former Madigan chief of staff Tim Mapes, who was ousted from the speaker’s office in 2018 after being accused ...
Defense attorneys begin cross-examining star witness at Madigan …
7 hours ago · Read more: ‘They were being paid as a favor to Mike Madigan’: Feds’ star witness takes stand. But on Tuesday, an attorney for Madigan co-defendant Mike McClain, ComEd’s longest-serving contract lobbyist, began his cross-examination of Marquez by drilling down on his previous testimony – and his guilty plea in 2020 for bribery conspiracy.
Michael Madigan trial: Jury hears tape on plan to help aide
PUBLISHED: November 4, 2024 at 1:03 PM CST. Jurors in Michael Madigan’s corruption trial on Monday heard a key wiretapped phone call in which the speaker’s longtime confidant told him about a ...
Michael Madigan trial: Former ComEd executive back on stand
Nov 6, 2024 · The videos made by Marquez go to the heart of the charges against Madigan and co-defendant Michael McClain, a former lobbyist who allegedly acted as a conduit between Madigan and ComEd, helping ...
Michael Madigan racketeering trial gets underway: 'The …
Oct 21, 2024 · A federal prosecutor accused former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan of “corruption at the highest levels of state government” as opening statements finally got underway Monday in Madigan’s highly anticipated racketeering conspiracy trial.
4 decades after rising to power and nearly 4 years since his fall ...
Oct 18, 2024 · Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan – a mainstay of Illinois political power for over four decades – is pictured leaving the Dirksen Federal Courthouse earlier this year after a hearing regarding the corruption charges he faces. Opening statements in his trial are slated for next week.
Key witness in Madigan corruption trial details how ex-Illinois speaker …
5 hours ago · For five days, one of the star witnesses in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's federal corruption trial has been on the stand testifying about his relationship to Madigan and his ...