Of the 23 total charges in the indictment, Michael McClain faces six counts including racketeering conspiracy, federal ...

Prosecutors concluded their final summations Friday on Day 3 of closing arguments in the former speaker’s landmark trial by ...

Ex-House speaker Michael Madigan, formerly the most powerful man in Illinois politics, “conspired to enhance and preserve ...

Jurors are expected to receive a long list of instructions from the judge at former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s ...

CHICAGO (CN) — Federal prosecutor Julia Schwartz re-stated the government's most basic accusation against ex-Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan and his co-defendant Mike McClain on Wednesday during ...

CHICAGO — After three months of testimony and secret undercover recordings, closing arguments in ... Alderman Danny Solis to get business for his private law firm,” Schwartz said.

U.S. District Court Judge John Robert Blakey of the Northern District of Illinois is reviewing jury instructions ahead of ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan's defense team began their final presentation to the jury just after lunch Friday, following a 12-hour closing argument ... to his law firm with former ...

Ex-House speaker Michael Madigan, formerly the most powerful man in Illinois politics, “conspired to enhance and preserve ...

Closing arguments are expected to begin Wednesday ... Madigan is also accused of using his position of power to steer business to his private law firm. Madigan served in the Illinois House from ...