A federal judge on Monday denied a motion by former House Speaker Michael Madigan seeking to overturn his recent conviction on bribery and other corruption counts, setting the stage for a high-stakes ...

A year after Will Cousineau took the stand as a government witness in the corruption trial of his ex-boss, former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan, Cousineau remains a registered lobbyist. He ...

Lawyers for convicted former House Speaker Michael Madigan are arguing for a new trial in his corruption case, saying prosecutors failed to prove the then-powerful Democrat knew about a scheme by ...

CHICAGO — Attorneys in the sweeping corruption case against ex-House speaker Michael Madigan resumed questioning potential jurors Friday morning, a process that has proceeded slower than expected and ...

The defense team for Michael Madigan rested its case Thursday as the months-long federal corruption trial enters one of its final legs.

CHICAGO (WGN) — The jury in the trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and longtime political confidant Michael McClain arrived at a partial verdict Wednesday. The once-hidden affairs ...

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For more than four long months, jurors in the Michael Madigan corruption trial were strictly forbidden from researching any outside information about the landmark case they held in their hands. But ...