Secret recordings give Madigan jurors inside look at patronage, payments, danger of putting pen to paper
Prosecutors have begun to firm up one of the key pillars of their case, alleging Michael Madigan accepted bribes from ComEd ...
Jurors hear tape of Madigan being informed of plan to pay ousted aide: ‘Yeah, I think I oughta stay out of it’
Prosecutors are presenting the fallout within the speaker’s political organization as evidence of the lengths that Madigan’s ...
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Testimony on Madigan’s #MeToo moment could add intrigue to corruption trial
While Madigan himself was not accused of sexual misconduct, fallout from how a scandal was handled contributed to his loss of ...
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 ...
Corrupt political boss or defender of his constituents? Madigan trial begins in earnest
Ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan used his perch at the very top of state politics to betray the public trust, ...
Ex-ComEd exec testifies Madigan's support was crucial to key bills it sought — but at a price
Former ComEd general counsel Thomas O’Neill outlined the “persistent pressure” he felt to sign and later renew a contract for ...
‘No one else even knows about it except for our friend’: Testimony in Madigan corruption trial turns to 2018 sex harassment scandal
A sexual harassment scandal had erupted in Springfield in the summer of 2018 and Kevin Quinn, a longtime aide to House ...
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Feds’ star witness takes stand in Madigan trial
As chief lobbyist for electric utility Commonwealth Edison, Fidel Marquez had an expansive role that put him in charge of “approximately 130, 135 people.” But in June 2013, more than a year into that ...
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Meisel: ‘They were being paid as a favor to Mike Madigan’: Feds’ star witness takes stand
FBI mole testifies about no-work contracts for speaker’s allies By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] CHICAGO – As chief lobbyist for electric utility Commonwealth ...
Testimony from ex-campaign worker who sparked Madigan’s #MeToo moment could add intrigue to corruption trial
Seven years ago almost to the day, Alaina Hampton sent a private letter to then-House Speaker Michael Madigan about sexual ...