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Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan testimony set to continue in landmark corruption trial
Ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan is set to return to the stand Wednesday morning, continuing testimony that will surely be some of the most crucial and closely examined of the bombshell public corruption trial.
Mike Madigan trial live updates: Former IL House speaker takes stand in own defense for 2nd day
It was July 18, 2017, when Madigan first met real estate developer Andy Cretal at his tax law firm office in the Loop. That meeting was, without either man's knowledge, being recorded by 22nd Ward Alderman-turned-government-mole Danny Solis.
Ex-Speaker Michael Madigan takes stand in his own defense in landmark corruption trial
The former speaker is arguably one of the most notable former politicians to testify in their own defense since former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan takes the stand in his corruption trial
Madigan and his co-defendant – longtime confidant Michael McClain – are on trial on racketeering and bribery charges​.
Former IL House Speaker Michael Madigan returns to stand in own defense in corruption trial
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan returned to the stand Wednesday to testify for a second day in his corruption trial.
Madigan to take witness stand in corruption trial surprise
Former House Speaker Michael Madigan will take the witness stand in his corruption trial — an unexpected revelation that likely will stretch the trial.
Madigan testimony set to continue in landmark corruption trial
Ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan is set to return to the stand Wednesday morning, continuing testimony that will surely be some of the most crucial and closely examined of the bombshell public corruption trial.
Former Illinois Speaker Mike Madigan testifies for second day at corruption trial
Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan was back on the witness stand on Wednesday, for a second day of questioning in his federal corruption trial.
Cracks appear between Mike Madigan and co-defendant Mike McClain in federal corruption trial
Mike Madigan and Mike McClain have known each other since they both were state representatives in the 1970s, but their decades of friendship is now strained in the face of multiple corruption charges.
Madigan takes the witness stand in federal corruption trial
The former Illinois House Speaker returns to the witness stand Wednesday after giving a three-hour testimony the day before.
Michael Madigan testimony heats up in corruption trial
The Michael Madigan trial resumed Wednesday with the former Illinois house speaker taking the stand for the second straight day
Ex-Speaker Michael Madigan is walking a tightrope by testifying. Will the gamble pay off?
In the world of Springfield politics, longtime House Speaker Michael Madigan developed a reputation that people at the ...
Madigan explains his well-known aversion to cellphones, email: 'I wanted to end my day'
The former Illinois House speaker's aversion to technology — and his daily habit of eating an apple — are just a few pieces ...
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Jurors to hear tape of Madigan saying ComEd contractors 'made out like bandits'
The former speaker’s decision to testify will lengthen the already long trial, which was originally predicted to wrap before ...
Afternoon Briefing: Michael Madigan takes the stand
Madigan was sworn in, sat down, unscrewed the top of a bottle of water and began answering questions in a loud, plain Chicago ...
Michael Madigan takes the stand to make his case: 'When people asked me for help … I tried to help them'
Madigan is accused of leading a criminal enterprise designed to enhance his political power and enrich himself and his allies ...
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Ex-speaker Madigan takes witness stand, denying he traded ‘public office’ for ‘private gain’
Over the past 2½ months, the jury in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption trial has heard the longtime ...
‘He should have worked.’ Defendant Madigan testifies about ‘no-work’ job allegations
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has completed his first day of testimony at the longtime Chicago Democrat’s ...
Mike Madigan tells of father's alcoholism, Lisa’s pain from her biological father — and a 'toxic’ political relationship
Tuesday, jurors in the former Illinois House speaker’s federal bribery trial heard intensely personal revelations from a ...