It's the final presentation from Madigan’s attorneys before jurors begin to deliberate the sweeping racketeering conspiracy case against him. Judge John Blakey assured the jury those deliberations will begin "next week" as they headed home for the weekend.
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Closing arguments continue slowly in corruption trial of former IL House Speaker Michael Madigan
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Afternoon Briefing: Defense in Madigan trial tells jurors of ‘Mike’s’ innocence
‘The Corrupt Way Was the Way It Was’: Government Ends Closing Arguments in Michael Madigan’s Landmark Trial
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Michael Madigan was so important to ComEd’s legislative agenda in Springfield that the utility was willing to bend over backwards to make the then-powerful House speaker happy, showering his cronies with do-nothing contracts,
Michael Madigan’s defense team has begun closing arguments at the former Illinois House speaker’s corruption trial in Chicago. Madigan attorney Dan Collins opened Friday afternoon by quoting his client,
Prosecutors have resumed their closing arguments at the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan at the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago.
Friday concluded day three of closing arguments in the corruption trial for former Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan and longtime political advisor Michael McClain. The two
Prosecutors say the “Make Mike Madigan Money Plan” helped the former Illinois House speaker’s law firm gain profits.
Prosecutors allege ex-Illinois Speaker Madigan headed illegal enterprise aimed at ‘power and profit’
A federal prosecutor on Friday called former House Speaker Michael Madigan “the man calling the shots,” a supreme politician who for years advanced a criminal enterprise focused on private gain.
She also pointed to a December 2017 meeting in which Solis told Madigan’s co-defendant, longtime Springfield lobbyist Mike McClain, that he would “steer” the business to the speaker after the land tra
ICE did not disclose the number of arrests but emphasized their focus on "potentially dangerous criminals." Gov. JB Pritzker, meanwhile, criticized the move.
The feds also allege Madigan both solicited bribes from and offered bribes to powerful Chicago Ald. Danny Solis’ in an effort to recruit more real estate developers as clients to his law firm. That scheme ran from 2017 until Solis was outed as an FBI cooperator by the Chicago Sun-Times in 2019, the feds allege.
SummaryLengthy closing arguments to further delay deliberations as 3-month trial crawls to end By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] CHICAGO – After watching prosecuto
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