Madigan jury, flush with office supplies, finishes first full day of deliberations without reaching verdict
The jury in the landmark racketeering trial of former House Speaker Michael Madigan and his longtime confidant deliberated for their first full day Thursday without reaching a verdict —
‘Grandmasters at corruption’: Government finishes rebuttal, jury deliberations begin in Madigan trial
Since early October, a jury of eight women, four men, and four alternates have heard testimony from almost 60 witnesses.
Jury Deliberations Underway in Michael Madigan’s Landmark Corruption Case
Jury deliberations finally got underway Wednesday afternoon in the landmark corruption trial of powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan after six days of closing arguments.
Jury now deliberating fate of ex-Speaker Madigan, confidant following four-month trial
Nearly four months after they were first called to Chicago’s federal courthouse, jurors have begun deliberating in the most consequential Illinois public corruption case in years: the racketeering case of former House Speaker Michael Madigan and his longtime confidante,
Jury deliberates in ex-Illinois Speaker Michael Madigan's corruption trial
Madigan, 82, is charged with 23 offenses, including bribery, misconduct and racketeering.
Jury begins deliberations in Mike Madigan federal corruption trial
The jury began deliberations Wednesday afternoon in the federal corruption trial of ex-Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan. Before jurors began assessing the 23 racketeering, fraud, bribery and conspiracy charges Madigan faces — Madigan's co-defendant and longtime ally Mike McClain joins him on six of those counts — federal prosecutor Amarjeet Bhachu presented them with the government's most basic accusations against the former speaker.
Landmark corruption case against ex-Illinois Speaker Michael Madigan is in jury’s hands
Nearly four months after they were first called to Chicago’s federal courthouse, jurors have begun deliberating in the most ...
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Hear some key secret recordings prosecutors played during Michael Madigan’s corruption trial
Jurors heard almost 150 secret recordings in Madigan’s trial, including phone calls with co-defendant Michael McClain and conversations with government mole Danny Solis.
Friendship between Madigan and McClain became 'a casualty' of corruption case, lawyer says. 'But it was real'
Defense attorney Patrick Cotter made the comment in the midst of his nearly five-hour closing argument Tuesday in the ...
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‘The Story Isn’t True’: Attorney for Madigan Co-Defendant Rejects Bribery Allegations in Closing Arguments
Of the 23 total charges in the indictment, Michael McClain faces six counts including racketeering conspiracy, federal ...
Mike Madigan trial live updates: McClain's defense wraps up closing arguments
Co-defendant Mike McClain's defense attorney said this trial is about lobbying and politics during closing arguments Tuesday.
Jurors begin deliberating after prosecutor argues Madigan 'lost his way, he was blinded by profit'
The investigation that led to Michael Madigan’s indictment changed the course of Chicago history. It also prompted a historic ...
Madigan case: Jury to decide fate of alleged ‘Grand Masters of Corruption’
Jurors started deliberating at the public corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in Chicago. Judge John Robert Blakey handed the case to the jury shortly after 3 p.m.
WATCH: McClain lawyer says 'government’s math still doesn’t add up'
Closing arguments have resumed at the bribery and racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and ...
Madigan's attorneys end case by blasting FBI mole Solis as ‘stage actor,’ ‘massive tax cheat,’ — and ‘malignant tumor’
Michael Madigan's attorney concluded his seven-and-a-half-hour closing argument Monday, meaning Madigan’s trial is nearing ...
Madigan attorney calls indictment ‘a worthless piece of paper’
Closing arguments by defense attorneys are expected to finish Tuesday at the corruption trial of former Illinois House ...