Closing arguments in Madigan trial to continue Monday with more from his defense
A lawyer for former House Speaker Michael Madigan is scheduled to continue his final pitch to the jury Monday by attacking ...
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Mike Madigan trial live updates: Defense begins closing arguments in federal corruption trial
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The corruption trial for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan continues. Madigan had been indicted on federal racketeering and bribery charges as a part of what federal ...
Chicago Tribune5d
Ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan ‘abused the tremendous power he wielded,’ prosecutors say as closing arguments begin
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Madigan's attorney makes his case to the jury: 'The government sees the myth. They do not see the man.”
Madigan heard about his power, his reclusive nature, and how people in Springfield would turn to a close ally of his to gain whatever insight they could into how he thought. That’s why Madigan ...
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Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan wraps testimony in own his defense
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan stepped down from the witness stand Tuesday after days of testifying in his own defense in his corruption trial. It remained unclear ...
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The ‘Make Michael Madigan Money Plan’ was powerful speaker’s focus, feds argue in waning days of corruption trial
In his testimony earlier this month, former House Speaker Michael Madigan cast himself as a champion of the working class, a consensus-builder who used his power to bring people together on ...
Washington Examiner3d
Prosecutors describe ‘Make Mike Madigan Money Plan’
(The Center Square) – Prosecutors say the “Make Mike Madigan Money Plan” helped the former Illinois House speaker’s law firm gain profits. Assistant U.S. Attorney Diane MacArthur coined ...
WBEZ12d
Madigan ends testimony after sharing one of his regrets: ‘That I had any time spent with Danny Solis’
Madigan explained why he kept meeting with then-Ald. Danny Solis, even though Solis had caused him “a great deal of surprise and concern.” La Voz Sidebar Lee este artículo en español en La ...
Chicago Sun-Times11d
Former speaker rests his case against fed claims he was a racketeer running criminal 'Madigan Enterprise'
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse after a day of defense testimony last week. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times file Share Former Illinois House ...
The Pantagraph9d
Rich Miller: Madigan trial wraps up with conflicting evidence, testimonies
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s longtime law firm partner Vincent “Bud” Getzendanner testified in Madigan’s defense against numerous federal charges last week. One of the ...
WBEZ11d
Former speaker rests his case against fed claims he was a racketeer running criminal 'Madigan Enterprise'
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan’s legal team rested their case Thursday, hoping to convince jurors that prosecutors overreached by bringing a historic racketeering conspiracy ...