Key witness in Madigan corruption trial details how ex-Illinois speaker …
4 hours ago · November 13, 2024 / 6:25 PM CST / CBS Chicago. CHICAGO (CBS) – For five days, one of the star witnesses in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's federal corruption trial has been on ...
Michael Madigan trial live: Defense cross-examines star witness in ...
9 hours ago · 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 ...
Michael Madigan trial: Key witness Fidel Marquez cross-examined
1 day ago · Madigan, 82, of Chicago, who served for decades as speaker of the Illinois House and the head of the state Democratic Party, faces racketeering charges alleging he ran his state and political ...
Defense attorney grills Madigan witness over false answer on gun ...
10 hours ago · The Sun-Times is community-funded. Donate now to support Chicago news. After a star witness in the case against former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan gave a false answer while trying to ...
Defense attorneys begin cross-examining star witness at Madigan …
6 hours ago · Read more: ‘They were being paid as a favor to Mike Madigan’: Feds’ star witness takes stand. But on Tuesday, an attorney for Madigan co-defendant Mike McClain, ComEd’s longest-serving contract lobbyist, began his cross-examination of Marquez by drilling down on his previous testimony – and his guilty plea in 2020 for bribery conspiracy.
Defense takes first shot at key prosecution witness in Madigan trial
1 day ago · Pat Nabong/Sun-Times file Share It’s been a week since Fidel Marquez first took the stand as a star witness in the corruption trial of ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan, but only on ...
Michael Madigan trial: former ComEd executive takes stand
Nov 6, 2024 · Ex-ComEd VP, crucial witness against Madigan, takes stand in corruption trial. 1 of 27. Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan arrives with attorney Lari Dierks for his trial at the Dirksen ...
Madigan is accused of 'campaign of bribery,' defense blasts …
Oct 22, 2024 · Michael J. Madigan has been the man at the center of corruption trials in Chicago for nearly two years, painted by prosecutors as an all-powerful political wizard who sought to line his pockets and augment his power through a series of bribery schemes.
Jury selection begins in corruption trial of longest-serving ...
Oct 9, 2024 · CHICAGO (AP) — Jury selection began Wednesday in the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, once the longest-serving legislative leader in American history. The case against Madigan, who resigned in 2021, is …
Longest-serving state legislative leader ... - Associated Press News
Oct 22, 2024 · Madigan, Illinois’ House speaker for more than three decades and a former state Democratic Party chairman, is charged in a 23-count indictment with racketeering conspiracy, using interstate facilities in aid of bribery, wire fraud and attempted extortion.