Pat Nabong/Sun-Times file Share Michael J. Madigan’s longtime friend wrote a seemingly thoughtful email to ComEd executive Fidel Marquez in 2014, sharing details of a dinner conversation where ...

Seizing on a tactic strengthened by a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, defense attorneys in the Michael Madigan corruption trial began their cross-examination of a key witness Tuesday by trying ...

In this 2007 photo, then Rep. Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, center, was sworn in as state House speaker in Springfield. From left are daughter and former state Attorney General Lisa Madigan ...

A lawyer for former House Speaker Michael Madigan told jurors at the outset of his corruption trial that the Democratic powerhouse was “completely ignorant” of what people were saying behind ...

CHICAGO (CBS) – For five days, one of the star witnesses in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's federal corruption trial has been on the stand testifying about his relationship to ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The corruption trial for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has begun. Madigan had been indicted on federal racketeering and bribery charges as a part of what federal ...

Garcia was elected and has served as a U.S. representative since January 2019. “You know, Madigan decides to go with Chuy’s candidate, Anaya?” McClain asked Hooker during the call.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The corruption trial for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has begun. Madigan had been indicted on federal racketeering and bribery charges as a part of what federal ...

Both Madigan and McClain, 77, a former ComEd contract lobbyist from downstate Quincy, have pleaded not guilty and denied wrongdoing. Marquez pleaded guilty in 2020 to conspiracy to commit bribery.

Michael J. Madigan has been the man at the center of corruption trials in Chicago for nearly two years, painted by prosecutors as an all-powerful political wizard who sought to line his pockets ...

In a recording, Madigan explained to McClain that then-Congressman Rush’s son, Jeffrey Rush, had sexual relations with an inmate while he was working for the Illinois Department of Corrections.

CHICAGO – Testimony in the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan and his advisor Michael McClain is now in its second week and on Tuesday, Madigan’s lawyers worked to ...