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Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan may be heading for a 7.5-year stint in the federal pen, but his corrupt legend lives on thanks to a folk song by a former staffer.
On cross-examination, Marquez, who pleaded guilty to bribery conspiracy and is awaiting sentencing, acknowledged that there ...
Federal prosecutors are seeking nearly five years in prison for John Hooker, a ComEd lobbyist convicted in the Madigan-linked bribery case.
The feds asked a judge to give John Hooker, a former ComEd exec, a prison sentence of 56 months following his conviction on ...
John Hooker is the first of four former ComEd officials set to be sentenced in the coming weeks. Prosecutors say he, like ...
After former House Speaker Michael Madigan was sentenced to prison, The Chicago Tribune issued a plaintive cry for a new day ...
Tried alongside Madigan was his former legislative colleague and longtime confidant, Michael McClain. The jury couldn’t reach a decision on any of the six counts against McClain.
For a half-century former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was the godfather of Illinois state “poli-tricks”, holding ...
Wielding power based on moving legislation forward included a 2016 rate hike, Madigan’s longtime confidant Michael McClain allegedly told then-ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore in a May 18 recorded ...
Flanked by his two daughters, former Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan, the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history, departs the Dirksen Federal Courthouse after receiving a 7½ ...
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, 83, has been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in federal prison for bribery, conspiracy and racketeeting involving his actions to benefit electric ...