Michael Madigan

‘This decision is independent from any other issue or briefing in this matter,’ a prosecutor told the judge. Madigan’s sentencing is set for June 13.

The decade-long FBI investigation that led to Madigan’s trial roiled local politics and changed the course of Illinois history. The feds summoned 50 witnesses to a 12th-floor courtroom in their bid to prove Madigan and Michael McClain guilty of “corruption at the highest levels of state government.”

Deliberations begin after 3 months of testimony and week-long closing arguments

Feds claim ex-speaker ‘controlled’ his allies’ contracts with ComEd, contrary to his testimony

Closing arguments scheduled for next week, 3 months after trial officially began

Jurors heard from 50 witnesses and listened to more than 190 secret FBI recordings in the prosecution's case in Michael Madigan's trial.

Budzinski’s testimony comes as prosecutors appear to be nearing the end of their case.

Madigan’s attorneys accuse FBI agent of leading speaker into government’s trap

Longtime political worker Ed Moody collected $354,000 in indirect payments from ComEd

In same call, co-defendant justified the contracts as necessary ‘because Mike Madigan came to us’