CHICAGO — Lawyers for former House Speaker Michael Madigan formally rested their case before the jury on Thursday after calling 12 witnesses, most notably Madigan himself. And prosecutors also ...

The former Illinois House speaker's sentencing is set for almost one year after the sentencing of former Ald. Edward M. Burke for a racketeering conviction that involved the same broader FBI ...

On Wednesday, however, the jury learned that if he were called ... JB Pritzker would testify that he does not recall meeting with Michael Madigan on Dec. 4, 2018, and he does not recall Madigan ...

letting in a now-infamous FBI wiretap where Madigan tells his longtime confidant, Michael McClain, that some ComEd contractors “made out like bandits” for little work; allowing the jury hear ...

C HICAGO — After an extended 18-day holiday break from testimony, the jury in the corruption trial of former House Speaker Michael Madigan will be back to work Monday to hear more defense ...

A federal jury in May 2023 convicted Madigan ally Michael McClain, former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore, ex-ComEd lobbyist John Hooker and onetime City Club President Jay Doherty for the nearly ...

However, the jury acquitted Madigan of some counts and failed to ... 1.3 million were former City Council members Frank Olivo and Michael R. Zalewski, former Cook County Recorder of Deeds Edward ...

Among them were former top Madigan political gurus Michael Thomson ... U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey let the jury know for the first time that the case was behind schedule and now ...