Michael Madigan’s defense team rested Thursday, nearly three months after opening statements and testimony began in the ...

Jurors heard almost 150 secret recordings in Madigan’s trial, including phone calls with co-defendant Michael McClain and ...

State Rep. Bob Rita had famously testified in the 2023 “ComEd Four” trial that his former boss Madigan ruled the House ...

Closing arguments are set to continue Thursday in the federal corruption trial of longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael ...

Real estate lawyer Michael Madigan, a lawmaker for 50 years, is accused of using ComEd as his “personal piggy bank.” ...

The jurors in the landmark racketeering trial of former House Speaker Michael Madigan and his longtime confidant deliberated for their first full day yesterday without reaching a verdict — though they ...

Jury deliberations finally got underway Wednesday afternoon in the landmark corruption trial of powerful Illinois House ...

It was a well-known aphorism during former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s record 36 years in power that while others in the state’s political realm were merely playing checkers ...

CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s fate is officially in the hands of a federal jury after week-long closing arguments in his federal corruption ...

CHICAGO — The first full day of jury deliberations is taking place Thursday downtown for Michael Madigan’s federal racketeering trial. Jurors did not have much time to deliberate Wednesday ...

(The Center Square) – The jury is set to resume deliberations Monday at the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and codefendant Michael McClain in Chicago.