Madigan defense aims to show speaker was so powerful, companies in case may have made political hiring decisions to keep from ...

Defense lawyers for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan called their first witness in his federal corruption trial.

It’s a crucial moment that shifts Madigan’s trial into a new phase. Madigan and co-defendant Michael McClain are on trial for ...

Judge John Blakey sent jurors home Thursday until Jan. 2, giving them their longest break since Michael Madigan's trial began ...

After nine weeks of prosecution witnesses, defense attorneys in the blockbuster corruption trial of ex-House Speaker Michael ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan's defense attorneys began presenting their case Thursday at the Dirksen Federal ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan – a mainstay of Illinois political power for over four decades – is pictured ...

After more than three months, the prosecution rested in the ongoing corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael ...

Jurors are off until next year at the bribery and racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and ...

The prosecution rested its case in the federal corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan on Wednesday ...

Day 40 of the federal corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and co-defendant Michael McClain on ...

After 40 days of testimony, former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan co-defendant Mike McClain Thursday rested his defense ...