Defense cross-examines star witness in former IL House Speaker Mike Madigan trial
A former ComEd executive -- turned government informant -- is back on the stand Wednesday for his fifth day in the corruption ...
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Madigan defense pushes away from co-defendant, attacks credibility of key witness
CHICAGO — The corruption charges against former House Speaker Michael Madigan are in many ways tethered to his longtime confidant, Michael McClain, a self-described “agent” of the speaker who was ...
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Key witness in Madigan corruption trial details how ex-Illinois speaker used his power
CHICAGO (CBS) – For five days, one of the star witnesses in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's federal ...
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Feds ‘turned over heaven and earth’ in Madigan probe but found no real bribes, co-defendant says
McClain, a longtime friend and close adviser of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, was already convicted ... and the judge declared a mistrial. But Drury’s testimony was notable ...
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4 decades after rising to power and nearly 4 years since his fall, Madigan goes to trial
who’d been charged with bribing Madigan in a similar manner as ComEd with a contract for the speaker’s political ally who never did any work for his $22,500 payout. The mistrial, as well as a ...
Secret recordings give Madigan jurors inside look at patronage, payments, danger of putting pen to paper
Prosecutors have begun to firm up one of the key pillars of their case, alleging Michael Madigan accepted bribes from ComEd ...
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Jury sees more evidence surrounding payments to Madigan campaign worker ousted for sexual harassment
At trial of former Illinois Speaker Mike Madigan, prosecutors play more wiretapped calls focused on scheme to help ex-staffer.
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North Dakota measures would end local property taxes and legalize recreational marijuana
North Dakota voters are deciding ballot measures to do away with the property tax, legalize recreational marijuana and to ...
Madigan corruption trial proceeds with former ComEd exec beginning testimony
A key witness in the ComEd Four bribery case last year has taken the stand at the corruption trial of former Illinois House ...
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Meisel: Madigan co-defendant warned ComEd CEO not to ‘provoke a reaction from our Friend’
SummaryIn ex-speaker's trial, former utility exec calls Madigan’s apparent involvement in contract talks ‘unusual’ By HANNAH ...
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‘Juror #2’ Review: Clint Eastwood’s Taut, Understated Courtroom Drama Ends Up a Mistrial
The climax feels like a mistrial. Perhaps this is Eastwood’s streamlined style and restraint taken to the extreme, though the filmmaker has previously captured epic emotion (think of Sean Penn ...