Ex-speaker discusses ‘bandits’ comment, ‘knife into Cullerton’
Assistant U.S. Attorney Amar Bhachu has completed the government’s cross-examination of Michael Madigan at the former ...
Editorial: Jurors in Madigan trial hear the sad ballad of Mike and Mike
On the witness stand, former House Speaker Michael Madigan’s dismissive depiction of his close friendship with co-defendant ...
‘Did you ever trade your public office for private gain?’: Ex-Illinois Speaker Madigan takes stand in own defense at corruption trial
In a stunning and risky move, ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan has taken the stand in his own public corruption trial Tuesday ...
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Cracks appear between Mike Madigan and co-defendant Mike McClain in federal corruption trial
Mike Madigan and Mike McClain have known each other since they both were state representatives in the 1970s, but their ...
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Ex-speaker Madigan takes witness stand, denying he traded ‘public office’ for ‘private gain’
Over the past 2½ months, the jury in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption trial has heard the longtime ...
Jim Dey: Madigan's trial coming down to finer points of law
Last year's U.S. Supreme Court decision involving an Indiana public corruption case had reverberations felt across the ...
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Ex-Speaker Madigan takes stand in own defense at landmark corruption trial
In a stunning and risky move, ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan has taken the stand in his own public corruption trial Tuesday ...
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‘Did you ever trade your public office for private gain?’: Ex-Illinois Speaker Madigan takes stand in own defense at corruption trial
He had talks with then-ComEd executive Anne Pramaggiore about the concepts behind the bill, and also may have talked to ComEd lobbyist John Hooker about the bill, but never talked with him about ...
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Jim Dey | Madigan's trial coming down to finer points of law
Former CEO Anne Pramaggiore and lobbyists John Hooker, Jay Doherty and Madigan trial co-defendant McClain are awaiting sentencing. In revealing his interpretation of the Snyder ruling, the judge ...
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Madigan’s testimony changes ‘rules of the game,’ and jurors may now hear his famous ‘bandits’ comment
Madigan denied it. Likewise, McClain notoriously sent an email to then-ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore complaining that the law firm of Madigan ally Victor Reyes was having trouble with a contract renewal.