U.S. District Court records Share Federal jurors Wednesday heard Michael J. Madigan’s allies talking on secret FBI recordings ...

CHICAGO — It was a day of déjà vu at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse Tuesday as veteran Statehouse lobbyist Mike McClain sat at a defense table listening to opening statements in his second ...

Prosecutors have begun to firm up one of the key pillars of their case, alleging Michael Madigan accepted bribes from ComEd ...

He said McClain did “perfectly 100% legal favors for Mike Madigan” for the purpose of “building trust and maintaining and increasing access to Mike Madigan.” The government’s view of the ...

But after the seismic events of June 6, 2018, when Madigan fired his longtime chief of staff Tim Mapes for alleged harassment ...

His intense loyalty was on full display, as the jury got to hear several phone calls during which he and Madigan co-defendant Mike McClain discussed ways to protect the then-speaker and help his ...

Blakey repeated incredulously. "Wow." Opening Statements could come as soon as Monday, in the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan. A jury of eight women and four men was ...

(E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune via AP) CHICAGO (CN) — A federal jury spent Halloween listening to multiple clips from secretly recorded phone conversations, part of the ongoing corruption trial ...

CHICAGO - Federal prosecutors in the corruption trial of Michael Madigan are continuing to paint the former Illinois House speaker as a powerful – and sometimes vindictive – leader during his ...

He resumed his testimony just after 9 a.m. He spoke of former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan's influence in the naming of Juan Ochoa to the ComEd Board. An email was brought into evidence ...

Mike Madigan trial LIVE updates: Former aide testifies in ex-Illinois speaker's trial McClain, who was during the entire time a contract lobbyist for ComEd, was also a part of the working groups.