When Michael McClain retired from lobbying in 2015, he told then-House Speaker Madigan he was “at the bridge with my musket ...
In return, ComEd offered kickbacks, jobs and contracts to Madigan loyalists. Also standing trial with Madigan is longtime confidant Michael McClain, 76, who already has been found guilty in a ...
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A federal judge has rejected former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's motion to dismiss most of the ...
Officially it’s known as Case No. 22-cr-115, the United States v. Michael Madigan and Michael McClain. Unofficially, it’s one ...
The trial of the once-powerful Southwest Side Democrat and his longtime confidant, Michael McClain, begins Tuesday. Madigan is accused of leading a “criminal enterprise” for nearly a decade ...
Many in the jury pool are already familiar with Michael Madigan’s name, which has prompted careful questioning about any ...
The trial, which is scheduled to last through mid-December, is the culmination of more than a decade of digging by the FBI and prosecutors, and it's the final in a series of related cases that have ...
The ex-speaker also crossed paths with his onetime friend, Michael McClain. The relationship between the pair has been examined in multiple corruption trials in Chicago. Now they’re finally on trial ...