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A Jury Will Now Decide Michael Madigan’s Fate. Here’s a Breakdown of the Landmark Corruption Case
Michael Madigan’s defense team rested Thursday, nearly three months after opening statements and testimony began in the ...
Friendship between Madigan and McClain became 'a casualty' of corruption case, lawyer says. 'But it was real'
Defense attorney Patrick Cotter made the comment in the midst of his nearly five-hour closing argument Tuesday in the corruption trial of Michael Madigan and Michael McClain. Jurors are expected to ...
WATCH: McClain lawyer says 'government’s math still doesn’t add up'
Closing arguments have resumed at the bribery and racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and ...
McClain's defense begins closing arguments in former IL Speaker Mike Madigan corruption trial
Madigan's defense attorney applied the same treatment to former ComEd Executive Fidel Marquez, who, like Solis, turned ...
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Landmark corruption case against ex-Speaker Michael Madigan is in jury’s hands
Michael McClain. The panel was sent back to deliberate at about 3:15 p.m. Wednesday after attorneys presented roughly 27 hours of closing arguments this week and last. Jurors will have to consider ...
Mike Madigan trial live updates: McClain's defense wraps up closing arguments
Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan's defense team began their final presentation to the jury just after lunch Friday, ...
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Editorial: Jurors in Madigan trial hear the sad ballad of Mike and Mike
Trying to keep straight the near-manic plotting of Madigan and his one-time right-hand man, former close friend and co-defendant Michael McClain between 2011 and 2019 — the period on which the ...
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WATCH: McClain lawyer says 'government’s math still doesn’t add up'
(The Center Square) – Closing arguments have resumed at the bribery and racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and codefendant Michael McClain in Chicago. McClain ...
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Hear some key secret recordings prosecutors played during Michael Madigan’s corruption trial
The epic federal racketeering conspiracy trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and co-defendant Michael McClain is finally before the jury. To get to this stage, prosecutors ...
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WATCH: McClain lawyer says 'government’s math still doesn’t add up'
In 2023, McClain and three others were convicted in the related ComEd Four trial, and ComEd agreed to pay $200 million in fines as part of a deferred prosecution agreement with prosecutors.