Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan stepped down from the witness stand Tuesday after days of testifying in his own defense in his corruption trial. It remained unclear Tuesday evening whether Madigan's decision to testify was a Hail Mary pass,

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan’s legal team rested their case Thursday, hoping to convince jurors that prosecutors overreached by bringing a historic racketeering conspiracy claim

In the world of Illinois politics, longtime House Speaker Michael Madigan developed a reputation that people at the statehouse could count on his word. The secretive Southwest Side Democrat didn’t necessarily give it freely.

The defense team for Michael Madigan rested its case Thursday as the months-long federal corruption trial enters one of its final legs.

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Tuesday. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere | Sun-Times Share Ten years after the FBI began its aggressive pursuit of corruption inside Illinois’ halls of power, toppling some of ...

Madigan was questioned by his defense attorneys over two days last week, denying the corruption charges against him and talking about his strict upbringing, his family and his particularly difficult relationships with two former Illinois governors.

Co-defendant Mike McClain again filed a motion to have his case severed from former Illinois House Speaker Madigan's Tuesday.

Attorneys representing former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan rested on Thursday afternoon, with the trial now one step closer to its conclusion.