Jury ready to deliberate federal corruption charges after three months of trial
Jurors hearing former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s trial were scheduled to begin deliberations Wednesday afternoon, more than three months after testimony in the case began.
Jury begins deliberations in former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan's corruption trial
Madigan faces a 23-count indictment in federal court, charging him with racketeering conspiracy, bribery, wire fraud, and attempted extortion.
Landmark corruption case against ex-Illinois Speaker Michael Madigan is in jury’s hands
Nearly four months after they were first called to Chicago’s federal courthouse, jurors have begun deliberating in the most consequential Illinois public corruption case in years: the racketeering case of former House Speaker Michael Madigan and his longtime confidant,
Jury deliberations begin in Michael Madigan corruption trial
After more than three months, the fate of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is now in the hands of a jury.
Madigan's fate now in hands of the jury in corruption trial
Jurors began their first full day of deliberations on Thursday.
Prosecutors ready rebuttal before Madigan corruption case goes to jury
Jury deliberations are expected to begin Wednesday after the prosecution’s rebuttal case at the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and codefendant Michael McClain. Assistant U.
Policy group urges reforms as Madigan's corruption trial goes to jury
An analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Justice found on average more than one Illinois public servant was convicted every week between 1983 and 2023. As longtime former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan,
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Mike Madigan tells of father's alcoholism, Lisa’s pain from her biological father — and a 'toxic’ political relationship
Madigan smiled when he talked about his wife Shirley, a relationship he called “a really quick romance.” They married in 1976 after just months of dating. Her parents had migrated from Mexico ...
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Madigan ends testimony after sharing one of his regrets: ‘That I had any time spent with Danny Solis’
sisters former Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Nicole Madigan and mother, Shirley Madigan, at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in October. Bhachu pressed on: “You’re the one who ...
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Ex-Speaker Michael Madigan is walking a tightrope by testifying. Will the gamble pay off?
The former speaker struck up a conversational tone and spoke directly to the jury about his strict upbringing, meeting his wife, Shirley, and some of the poignant moments of family life.
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VIDEO: Court wraps day before defense case begins at Madigan's corruption trial
Madigan’s law office and Madigan’s wife, Shirley. Madigan and McClain are charged with 23 counts of bribery, racketeering and official misconduct in connection with a scheme that federal ...
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Madigan takes witness stand, denying he traded ‘public office’ for ‘private gain’
Madigan wouldn’t become speaker until 1983. He also told the jury personal details about meeting his wife Shirley in the 1970s and marrying her after a “real quick romance.” Shirley had a ...
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Jurors hear first wiretap recordings in Mike Madigan corruption trial
McClain also sent Madigan and his wife Shirley a letter in December 2016, which jurors saw on Thursday, stating he was retiring as a lobbyist but that he was still willing to perform "assignments" ...