2 hours ago · CHICAGO — Jurors sent a note Friday to the judge in the federal corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. According to WGN News reporters in the courthouse, the note is ...

2 days ago · Michael Madigan awaits a jury verdict in his federal corruption trial after a 12-week case featuring more than 150 witnesses, including his own testimony. The former Illinois House Speaker faces a ...

2 hours ago · Jury asks for additional copies of instructions and binders of transcripts 18:02. CHICAGO (CBS) — Jurors in the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan submitted a request ...

Jan 30, 2025 · Jurors in Mike Madigan's corruption trial held their first full day of deliberations on Thursday. The jury ended deliberations before 4:30 p.m. as the judge allowed them to be dismissed early.

6 hours ago · Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago during his ongoing corruption trial on Jan. 7, 2025.

Jan 30, 2025 · Read more: Government paints ex-ComEd officials as ‘grand masters of corruption’ before jury deliberations | ‘ComEd Four’ found guilty on all counts in bribery trial tied to ex-Speaker Madigan. The jury in the current trial has not been told that McClain and his ex-colleagues were convicted in 2023’s “ComEd Four” trial for giving ...

Dec 9, 2024 · The high-profile racketeering bribery trial of former Democratic Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and his co-defendant, Michael McClain, has been the most highly-anticipated trial in years.

Jan 30, 2025 · The high-profile racketeering bribery trial of former Democratic Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and his co-defendant, Michael McClain, has been the most highly-anticipated trial in...

Jan 13, 2025 · Former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan faces charges of racketeering, bribery, wire fraud and extortion based on allegations that he sold access to his public office to enrich himself and his friends. Taking the stand in his defense, Madigan was cross-examined by prosecutors Monday.

Jan 7, 2025 · Madigan, 82, a Southwest Side Democrat, and McClain, 77, of downstate Quincy, are charged in a 23-count indictment alleging that Madigan’s vaunted state and political operations were run like a...