Secret recordings give Madigan jurors inside look at patronage ...
3 days ago · Federal jurors Wednesday heard Michael J. Madigan’s allies talking on secret FBI recordings about an “old-fashioned patronage system,” the need to keep Madigan “happy” in Springfield and ...
Mike Madigan faces new charge as AT&T Illinois agrees to $23 …
Oct 14, 2022 · Two major utilities serving Illinois residents have now been charged as a result of the yearslong investigation centered on Madigan.
Jury now weighing whether former AT&T exec accused of bribing Madigan …
Sep 17, 2024 · According to prosecutors, La Schiazza schemed to pay Acevedo, a longtime Madigan acolyte, a total of $22,500 over nine months for doing little or no work for AT&T, even though he ostensibly was...
Former Speaker Mike Madigan faces new charge, after AT&T …
Oct 14, 2022 · CHICAGO (CBS) -- AT&T Illinois will pay a $23 million fine as part of a deal with federal prosecutors, after admitting it tried to illegally influence former House Speaker Michael Madigan, by...
Michael Madigan trial live updates: Star witness Fidel Marquez ...
2 days ago · Feds' star witness takes stand for 3rd day in Madigan trial The feds' star witness, Fidel Marquez, is on the stand in former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan's federal corruption trial in Chicago.
Mistrial for former AT&T executive accused of bribing ex-Illinois …
Sep 19, 2024 · CHICAGO (CBS) -- The trial of an AT&T executive accused of bribing former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan ended in a hung jury Thursday. Prosecutors said former AT&T President Paul La...
Superseding Federal Indictment Against Former Illinois Speaker of …
Oct 14, 2022 · Madigan, 80, of Chicago, and McClain, 75, of Quincy, Ill., will be arraigned on the superseding indictment on a future date to be set by the U.S. District Court in Chicago.
Michael Madigan once controlled much of Illinois politics. Now …
Oct 6, 2024 · The former Illinois House Speaker once lauded as the longest-serving legislative leader in American history will enter a federal courtroom this week on charges he used his vast influence to run a “criminal enterprise” to amass even more wealth and power.
Jurors deliberate in trial of ex-AT&T chief accused of bribing Madigan …
Sep 18, 2024 · The former head of AT&T Illinois bribed then-state House Speaker Michael J. Madigan to land the “white whale” that the utility and its top executive “had desperately wanted for the better...
Michael Madigan trial: Whistleblower expected on the stand
6 days ago · Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Oct. 31, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune) Among the schemes alleged by prosecutors was a 2018 plan ...