Defense cross-examines star witness in former IL House Speaker Mike Madigan trial
After a four-day break, the defense is cross-examining a star witness on Tuesday in Mike Madigan's federal corruption trial.
Defense takes first shot at key prosecution witness in Madigan trial
Patrick Cotter, defense attorney for a longtime Madigan ally, spent more than three hours cross-examining former ComEd ...
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Hazy world of Springfield politics at center of ex-Speaker Madigan’s trial
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan arrives at the Dirksen U.S ... One juror told the Tribune after the mistrial was declared that there seemed to be very little daylight between ...
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Madigan trial resumes with cross-examination of ex-ComEd exec
Defense attorneys have begun cross-examining a convicted former ComEd executive at the bribery and racketeering trial of ...
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Trial expected to begin for former House Speaker Michael Madigan
Madigan was the longest-serving State House Speaker in American history ... a deadlocked jury forced a mistrial in the case of former AT&T Illinois president Paul La Schiazza, who was accused ...
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4 decades after rising to power and nearly 4 years since his fall, Madigan goes to trial
who’d been charged with bribing Madigan in a similar manner as ComEd with a contract for the speaker’s political ally who never did any work for his $22,500 payout. The mistrial, as well as a ...
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Jury begins hearing testimony in former IL House Speaker Mike Madigan corruption trial
McClain is accused of shielding the former speaker by acting as an intermediary ... were found guilty of bribing Madigan. And just last month, a mistrial was declared in the case of former ...
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Jurors hear first wiretaps in Madigan corruption trial, recordings that suggested ex-speaker was hands-on boss
A lawyer for former House Speaker Michael Madigan told jurors at the outset of his corruption trial that the Democratic powerhouse was “completely ignorant” of what people were saying behind ...
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Four decades after rising to power former Illinois Speaker Madigan is going to trial
who’d been charged with bribing Madigan in a similar manner as ComEd with a contract for the speaker’s political ally who never did any work for his $22,500 payout. The mistrial, as well as a ...
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Mike Madigan trial: Government calls first witnesses to testify
CHICAGO - Federal prosecutors opened their case against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan on Tuesday with testimony from a pair of former Illinois lawmakers, who testified Madigan ...
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4 decades after rising to power and nearly 4 years since his fall, former Speaker Madigan goes to trial
CHICAGO — On a late October day in Springfield nearly five years ago, then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan exited a private caucus meeting and strode up to a group of waiting reporters ...
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Four decades after rising to power former Illinois Speaker Madigan is going to trial
who’d been charged with bribing Madigan in a similar manner as ComEd with a contract for the speaker’s political ally who never did any work for his $22,500 payout. The mistrial, as well as a U.S.