Prosecutors say the “Make Mike Madigan Money Plan” helped the former Illinois House speaker’s law firm gain profits.

Alderman-turned-FBI mole Daniel Solis held a huge red flag in front of Michael Madigan, prosecutors said Thursday, when during a wiretapped phone call Solis uttered a radioactive phrase: “quid pro quo ...

Closing arguments have begun at the public corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in Chicago.

CHICAGO — Ex-House speaker Michael Madigan, formerly the most powerful man in Illinois politics, “conspired to enhance and ...

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A defense attorney has presented a statement in lieu of testimony from Gov. J.B. Pritzker at the corruption trial of former ...

U.S. government attorneys are expected to present their rebuttal case Thursday after the defense rests at the corruption ...

Jurors appear on track to hear the last of the evidence in Madigan's trial by Thursday, following about three months of ...

Former House Speaker Michael Madigan was grilled at his corruption trial on Tuesday about a comment caught on federal ...

Knowledge of unlawfulness is one of the issues that Judge John Robert Blakey expects to clarify when he prepares jury ...

After nearly three months, more than 60 witnesses and a surprising turn on the stand from the defendant himself, the evidence ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has returned to the witness stand for additional cross-examination at the ...