Then-Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, left, speaks with Illinois Rep. Thaddeus Jones, D-Calumet, right, while on the House floor after adjoining veto session, Thursday, Nov. 7 ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- The federal corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan continued Thursday, with testimony from a well-known politician who worked closely with the so-called ...

McClain’s attorney, John Mitchell, argued that the bribery case brought against his client and Madigan were an overreach, wrongly criminalizing legal political lobbying. Prosecutors allege that ...

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

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 ...

Instead, defense attorneys painted a picture of Madigan, who resigned in 2021, as devoted to his working-class legislative district on the city’s Southwest Side near Midway International Airport.

The corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan has begun after a lengthy jury selection process. That process, which took two weeks, wrapped up on Monday, with prosecutors and ...

(The Center Square) – The bribery and racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker and Democratic Party of Illinois Chairman Michael Madigan is set to resume Tuesday after a four-day weekend.

CHICAGO — The corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan will continue Tuesday, with attorneys for Madigan’s co-defendant giving their opening statements. After years of ...

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 ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan’s longtime confidant told a federal jury Tuesday that the allegations of bribery and corruption against the pair were simply a misguided attempt to ...

Madigan took as long as some trials do from start to finish. After seven days and scores of interviews, eight women and four men have been chosen to decide if Madigan is guilty of a racketeering ...