Jury deliberations are expected to begin Wednesday after the prosecution’s rebuttal case at the corruption trial of former ...

Defense attorney Patrick Cotter made the comment in the midst of his nearly five-hour closing argument Tuesday in the ...

The Sun-Times is providing free text updates as attorneys wrap up closing arguments in the corruption trial of the former ...

Madigan and his now former friend and political fixer, 77-year-old Michael McClain, each face a 23-count criminal indictment.

Michael McClain, a longtime confidant of ex-speaker Michael Madigan, was a smart and diligent lobbyist who never agreed to or ...

Michael Madigan’s defense team has begun closing arguments at the former Illinois House speaker’s corruption trial in Chicago ...

In his testimony earlier this month, former House Speaker Michael Madigan cast himself as a champion of the working class, a ...

Good afternoon, Chicago. Attorneys for Michael Madigan opened their final bid to persuade jurors of his innocence by ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The government has their rebuttal next on co-defendant Michael McClain's defense in former IL Speaker Mike ...

Co-defendant Mike McClain's defense attorney said this trial is about lobbying and politics during closing arguments Tuesday.

Madigan, 82, and his co-defendant, political ally and confidant Michael McClain, are accused of running a criminal enterprise ...

Jurors hearing former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s trial are finally scheduled to begin deliberations Wednesday ...