‘Used and abused their positions’: Closing arguments continue in Madigan corruption trial
Friday concluded day three of closing arguments in the corruption trial for former Illinois Speaker of the House Michael ...
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‘The Corrupt Way Was the Way It Was’: Government Ends Closing Arguments in Michael Madigan’s Landmark Trial
Prosecutors concluded their final summations Friday on Day 3 of closing arguments in the former speaker’s landmark trial by ...
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Prosecutors allege ex-Illinois Speaker Madigan headed illegal enterprise aimed at ‘power and profit’
A federal prosecutor on Friday called former House Speaker Michael Madigan “the man calling the shots,” a supreme politician ...
‘Mike is not corrupt,’ defense attorney insists at Madigan corruption trial
Michael Madigan’s defense team has begun closing arguments at the former Illinois House speaker’s corruption trial in Chicago ...
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Closing arguments begin in historic racketeering trial: 'Madigan abused the tremendous power he wielded'
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan walks to the Everett M. Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in the Loop on Oct. 2, 2024. Pat Nabong/Sun-Times file Share When former Illinois House Speaker Michael J.
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Feds wrap argument against Madigan: 'The corrupt way was the way it was'
To convict Michael Madigan of a racketeering conspiracy, jurors will need to find that Madigan or his close ally agreed that ...
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Closing arguments begin in racketeering trial: 'Madigan abused the tremendous power he wielded'
The arguments follow 11 weeks of testimony in which jurors heard from 63 witnesses. Most notable among them was Michael Madigan himself. He testified for nearly 12 hours over four days earlier this ...
Ex-speaker Michael Madigan ‘abused the tremendous power he wielded,’ prosecutors say as closing arguments begin
Ex-House speaker Michael Madigan, formerly the most powerful man in Illinois politics, “conspired to enhance and preserve ...
Prosecutors describe ‘Make Mike Madigan Money Plan’
Prosecutors say the “Make Mike Madigan Money Plan” helped the former Illinois House speaker’s law firm gain profits.
The ‘Make Michael Madigan Money Plan’ was powerful speaker’s focus, feds argue in waning days of corruption trial
In his testimony earlier this month, former House Speaker Michael Madigan cast himself as a champion of the working class, a ...
Closing arguments continue in former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan's corruption trial
Madigan​ faces a 23-count indictment accusing him of running a criminal enterprise​ to enrich himself and benefit his political allies.