Feds set to rest case in Madigan trial; defense prepares to call first witnesses
Prosecution ends two months of testimony with confused appearance from former state Rep. Eddie Acevedo in the Mike Madigan trial.
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Former Madigan ally contradicts past statements after being ordered to testify
Ex-state Rep. Eddie Acevedo was forced to take the stand during the Madigan trial despite objections over his dementia.
Lobbyist testifies ‘loyalty’ to Madigan led him to make payments to ousted staffer
After nearly a dozen years working for Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, Tom Cullen went out on his own in 1999, building up a lengthy roster of diverse – and often high-paying – clients that kept him busy.
Prosecution could rest next week in ‘Sphinx’ Madigan’s corruption trial
After an extraordinarily short day of trial Monday, jurors may only remember one detail: those high up in Gov. JB Pritzker’s 2018 campaign had nicknamed then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan “Sphinx.”
‘There’s something fishy here, don’t you think?’: Wiretapped calls detail Madigan confidant’s confoundment over complicated land deal
Republican lobbyist Mike McClain testifies about ‘crazy parking lot disaster’ at heart of Madigan corruption trial.
Jurors see list of Madigan’s job recommendations given to newly elected Gov. Pritzker
In the weeks following now-Gov. JB Pritzker’s November 2018 victory over one-term Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan busied himself preparing for a brand new administration after years of conflict with governors of both parties.
Madigan attorney accuses Solis of not telling feds ‘all the crimes you committed’
Former Chicago Ald. Danny Solis spent more than 2 ½ years living a double life as an FBI cooperating witness after agents approached him in 2016, asking him to wear a wire on his colleagues or risk being charged for multiple bribes he’d taken while in office.
‘You know why I’m interested’: Wiretaps, secretly recorded videos show Madigan recruiting business to his law firm
For the second time in the span of seven months, then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan called up Chicago Ald. Danny Solis after reading about a proposed real estate development in the alderman’s ward.
Ex-Chicago Ald. Danny Solis, who secretly recorded Madigan for FBI, takes witness stand
Madigan’s attorneys accuse FBI agent of leading speaker into government’s trap
Madigan ally testifies he was rewarded with no-work contracts as ‘good soldier’ for speaker
Political ally Ed Moody testified that despite doing little to no work to earn the money, he spent nearly seven years collecting $4,500 each month, paid indirectly from electric utility Commonwealth Edison through a series of ComEd lobbyists connected to Mike Madigan.
Wiretap: In pushing for Madigan-backed appointment, ex-ComEd CEO sought to ‘take good care’ of ‘our friend’
Despite internal pushback, a team effort pushed Juan Ochoa onto the ComEd board.
Madigan jury sees ‘Magic Lobbyist List’ seized from co-defendant during FBI search
The FBI found handwritten notes and email printouts prosecutors would later use to charge Mike McClain and Mike Madigan for running an alleged “criminal enterprise” for the benefit of those in the speaker’s inner circle.
‘Make it a federal court suit’: Jurors hear wiretap of McClain describing subcontracts alleged to be bribes
In same call, co-defendant justified the contracts as necessary ‘because Mike Madigan came to us’
‘You agreed to wear wires against your ComEd family’: Star witness in Madigan trial grilled on cross-examination
Defense attorneys try to undercut Fidel Marquez’s credibility after gun purchase attempt CHICAGO – Before the sun rose on a cold Wednesday morning in January 2019, Fidel Marquez agreed to a life-altering assignment as a cooperating witness in a criminal case the government was building against his colleagues at electric utility Commonwealth Edison and powerful
‘This is the way things are done in Illinois’: Defense attorneys begin cross-examining star witness
The former chief lobbyist for ComEd has spent the last week telling a federal jury how he bent over backward to accommodate hiring requests from Michael Madigan.