Lawyers for convicted former House Speaker Michael Madigan are arguing for a new trial in his corruption case, saying prosecutors failed to prove the then-powerful Democrat knew about a scheme by ...

This week, Michael Madigan flatly denied accusations ... from Madigan himself for any chance at a full acquittal. Madigan's corruption trial resumes next week with the former speaker in the ...

The defense team for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has rested its case, with closing arguments expected next week in his federal corruption trial. Prosecutors allege Madigan ...

The top brass in the U.S. attorney's office needs to figure out why they have had such a miserably low initial conviction ...

CHICAGO — Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has taken the stand Tuesday in his own public corruption trial. According to the Chicago Tribune, the ex-speaker’s lead attorney ...

C HICAGO — After an extended 18-day holiday break from testimony, the jury in the corruption trial of former House Speaker Michael Madigan will be back to work Monday to hear more defense ...

Out of all the items seized by the FBI in a raid on the downstate Quincy home of Michael McClain in ... was shown to jurors Monday in the corruption trial of Madigan and McClain.

CHICAGO — The jury considering state Sen. Emil Jones III’s federal corruption trial indicated late Wednesday that it may be ...