After four days of closing arguments, the political corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is ...

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

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

The case remains in the hands of the jury as the second full day of deliberations wrapped up Friday afternoon without a verdict.

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 — The federal corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and longtime political advisor Michael McClain is now passing the 16-week mark. The case remains in ...

After more than three months of testimony from more than 60 witnesses, what is possibly the largest political corruption trial in Illinois history trial is drawing to a close. Madigan is charged ...

CHICAGO – Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan will take the witness stand in his corruption trial – an unexpected revelation that will likely stretch the already lengthy trial into late ...

With allegations of corruption at the highest levels of state government, the racketeering trial of former Democratic House Speaker Michael J. Madigan and his longtime confidant, ex-lobbyist ...

(Produced by Emily Soto) Michael Madigan, the nation’s longest serving legislative leader before his resignation as Illinois House speaker in 2021, has elected to testify in his own defense at his ...