Defense takes first shot at key prosecution witness in Madigan trial
Patrick Cotter, defense attorney for a longtime Madigan ally, spent more than three hours cross-examining former ComEd ...
Defense cross-examines star witness in former IL House Speaker Mike Madigan trial
After a four-day break, the defense is cross-examining a star witness on Tuesday in Mike Madigan's federal corruption trial.
Defense in Madigan corruption trial confronts star government witness over jobs, favors
Seizing on a tactic strengthened by a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, defense attorneys in the Michael Madigan corruption ...
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Madigan trial resumes with cross-examination of ex-ComEd exec
(The Center Square) – Defense attorneys have begun cross-examining a convicted former ComEd executive at the bribery and ...
Mike Madigan trial updates: Star witness testifies in former Illinois House speaker trial
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The corruption trial for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has begun. Madigan had been indicted ...
‘To keep Mike Madigan happy, I think it’s worth it’: Jury views undercover videos in former speaker’s corruption trial
One afternoon in February 2019, ComEd executive Fidel Marquez sat across from one of the utility’s consultants and asked a ...
‘They are offended when people ask for favors. Hello?’: Jurors in Madigan trial hear wiretap about pressure in political hires
Jurors in the corruption trial of former House Speaker Michael Madigan on Thursday heard a wiretapped phone call in which the ...
Jurors hear tape of EX-Illinois Speaker Madigan being informed of plan to pay ousted aide: ‘Yeah, I think I oughta stay out of it’
Jurors in Michael Madigan’s corruption trial on Monday heard a key wiretapped phone call in which the speaker’s longtime ...
Madigan jurors hear ally complaining to speaker's son about those who don’t get ‘what happens when you’re in this game’
In this 2007 photo, then Rep. Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, center, was sworn in as state House speaker in Springfield. From left are daughter and former state Attorney General Lisa Madigan; son Andrew ...
Cross-examination of former utility exec expected at ex-Illinois House speaker’s corruption trial
Ex-ComEd executive Fidel Marquez was convicted of bribery in 2020 and agreed to wiretap conversations for the feds.
Ex-ComEd lawyer testifies about Juan Ochoa’s appointment to utility board in Madigan trial: ‘It was important that the speaker referred him’
The former general counsel for Commonwealth Edison testified Tuesday that he had “reservations” about selecting Juan Ochoa ...