Government attorneys have started their final rebuttal at the bribery, racketeering and official misconduct trial of former ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The defense rested its case in former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan's bribery and corruption trial at the Dirksen Federal Building on Thursday. The jury was sent home early ...

(AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File) CHICAGO (CN) — Defense attorneys for ex-Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan rested their case in the once-powerful politician's federal corruption trial on Thursday ...

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CHICAGO (CBS ... Speaker Michael Madigan. After more than three months of testimony from more than 60 witnesses, what is possibly the largest political corruption trial in Illinois history ...

CHICAGO — Attorneys in the corruption trial of ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan came to court Thursday expecting a drag-out fight about the implications of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on the ...

After an extended holiday break, jurors are expected to return Monday to hear from more witnesses in Madigan’s defense. Judge in Madigan trial says Supreme Court opinion ‘not controlling’ in ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Defense lawyers delivered closing arguments Monday in the political corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. Madigan’s defense team took aim at the ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan is facing cross-examination Monday in his own political corruption trial. He decided to take the stand last week to testify in his own ...

But Blakey cited two 7th Circuit opinions from the past decade that he said offered the clearest guidance. The first says an agent “acts corruptly when he understands that the p ...