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 ...

(The Center Square) – The first witnesses have taken the stand in the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. U.S. government prosecutors called two former state ...

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.

Former House Speaker Michael Madigan arrives at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Monday. Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Share Michael J. Madigan has been the man at the center of corruption trials in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...