Defense cross-examines star witness in former IL House Speaker Mike Madigan trial
A former ComEd executive -- turned government informant -- is back on the stand Wednesday for his fifth day in the corruption ...
Defense in Madigan corruption trial confronts star government witness over jobs, favors
Defense attorneys in the Michael Madigan corruption trial began their cross-examination of a key witness Tuesday by trying to ...
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4 decades after rising to power and nearly 4 years since his fall, Madigan goes to trial
CHICAGO — On a late October day in Springfield nearly five years ago, then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan exited a private caucus meeting and strode up to a group of waiting reporters in ...
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Cross-examination of former utility exec expected at ex-Illinois House speaker’s corruption trial
Ex-ComEd executive Fidel Marquez was convicted of bribery in 2020 and agreed to wiretap conversations for the feds.
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Jurors hear first wiretap audio in Madigan corruption trial
“This is no longer me talking,” said Michael McClain ... he took the stand in the perjury trial of former Madigan chief of staff Tim Mapes as well as the “ComEd Four” bribery case ...
Madigan jurors hear ally complaining to speaker's son about those who don’t get ‘what happens when you’re in this game’
It’s another piece of last year’s ComEd bribery trial — in which McClain was already convicted — now being laid out in the Michael Madigan case. Jurors even heard recordings of ComEd executives ...
Feds' star witness takes stand for 3rd day in former IL House Speaker Mike Madigan trial
The feds' star witness, Fidel Marquez, is on the stand in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's federal corruption trial.
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 ...
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 ...
‘They are offended when people ask for favors. Hello?’: Jurors in Madigan trial hear wiretap about pressure in political hires
It was May 23, 2018, and Michael McClain was talking to Madigan’s ... calls from 2018 that captured the fallout from the ...