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 ...

(The Center Square) – Michael Madigan’s defense team has resumed closing arguments at the former Illinois House speaker’s corruption trial in Chicago. “Job recommendations without more ...

An Australian woman was left panicked and feeling like she might throw up when she realised she’d lost $8,000 on her morning commute to work.

Prosecutors in the historic corruption trial of former House Speaker Michael Madigan on Wednesday attacked the credibility of the defense’s star witness: Madigan himself. “What you heard on the ...

Powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan organized a “stream of bribes” in order to enhance his own power and line his own pockets, federal prosecutors said in their final words to jurors ...

After more than three months, dozens of witnesses and hundreds of audio recordings, the fate of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan will soon be in the hands of a jury. Closing arguments ...

Madigan served in the Illinois House for 50 years and was speaker for all but two years between 1983 and 2021. He also chaired the Democratic Party of Illinois for 23 years.

Closing arguments are set to begin Wednesday at the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in Chicago. Madigan and codefendant Michael McClain pleaded not guilty to 23 ...

Jurors are expected to receive a long list of instructions from the judge at former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s bribery and racketeering trial in Chicago. Judge John Robert “Jack” Blakey ...

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 main themes ...

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 main themes ...

CHICAGO – Attorneys for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan rested their case Thursday, marking the beginning of the end of the longtime Democratic powerbroker’s corruption trial. After ...