‘They are offended when people ask for favors. Hello?’: Jurors in Madigan trial hear wiretap about pressure in political hires
Jurors in the corruption trial of former House Speaker Michael Madigan on Thursday heard a wiretapped phone call where the ...
Key witness testifies ComEd funneled more than $600,000 to Madigan allies to get bills passed
Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Share One of the feds’ star witnesses told a jury Tuesday that ComEd funneled more than $600,000 to ...
Mike Madigan trial live updates: Star witness testifies in former Illinois House speaker trial
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The corruption trial for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has begun. Madigan had been indicted ...
Madigan jurors hear ally complaining to speaker's son about those who don’t get ‘what happens when you’re in this game’
In this 2007 photo, then Rep. Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, center, was sworn in as state House speaker in Springfield. From left are daughter and former state Attorney General Lisa Madigan; son Andrew ...
Secret recordings give Madigan jurors inside look at patronage, payments, danger of putting pen to paper
Prosecutors have begun to firm up one of the key pillars of their case, alleging Michael Madigan accepted bribes from ComEd ...
Jurors hear tape of Madigan being informed of plan to pay ousted aide: ‘Yeah, I think I oughta stay out of it’
Jurors in Michael Madigan’s corruption trial on Monday heard a key wiretapped phone call in which the speaker’s longtime ...
Former ComEd exec 'dropped and did' for Madigan, corruption trial reveals
A former ComEd executive has detailed how he and others at the utility company dropped what they were doing to please former ...
Madigan did not object to quietly raising money for aide ousted during #Metoo era, jurors hear
Prosecutors say that episode is evidence of a criminal enterprise Michael Madigan led for nearly a decade, with Michael ...
Mike Madigan trial updates: Testimony continues in former Illinois House speaker trial
The public corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and co-defendant Michael McClain continues ...
Jury sees relentless ComEd job placement requests from Madigan co-defendant
Had they been any other job applicants, electric utility Commonwealth Edison likely wouldn’t have given a second look to ...
Feds' star witness takes stand for 3rd day in former IL House Speaker Mike Madigan trial
Prosecutors' star witness in the Michael Madigan federal corruption trial is testifying for the third day Thursday. Fidel Marquez is back on the stand. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here ...
Mike Madigan trial updates: Star witness testifies in former Illinois House speaker trial
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The corruption trial for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has begun. Madigan had been indicted ...