The judge overseeing the bribery trial of former AT&T Illinois boss Paul La Schiazza, accused of funneling payments to an ally of Michael Madigan to win the speaker’s support, has declared a mistrial in the case.

A bribery case tied to Mike Madigan has ended in a mistrial. AT&T Boss Paul La Schiazza was accused of bribing the former Illinois House Speaker.

A federal judge on Thursday declared a mistrial after a jury deadlocked in their deliberations over whether former AT&T Illinois President Paul La Schiazza bribed longtime Illinois House

Prosecutors said former AT&T President Paul La Schiazza​ paid Madigan allies thousands of dollars in the form of do-nothing contracts.

A judge declared a mistrial Thursday in a corruption trial tied to former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan. AT&T Illinois’ former president Paul La Schiazza is accused of paying a bribe to Madigan as AT&T Illinois had been trying to pass legislation worth millions.

A federal jury has resumed deliberations Wednesday in the bribery trial of former AT&T Illinois boss Paul La Schiazza, who is accused of funneling payments to an ally of Michael Madigan to win the powerful speaker’s support for key legislation in Springfield.

The former head of AT&T Illinois bribed then-state House Speaker Michael J. Madiganto land the “white whale” that the utility and its top executive “had desperately wanted for the better part of a decade,