Blasts from the past? Secret recordings give glimpse of Madigan’s take on Burke, food and football
A federal jury watched video Tuesday of one of the city’s most entrenched, powerful and old-school politicians joking about another. The feds played more than 30 recordings that allegedly show Mike ...
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Jurors hear call where Madigan talks about getting job for state rep’s wife
CHICAGO — Jurors in the corruption trial of former House Speaker Michael Madigan on Thursday heard a series of never-before-played wiretapped calls showing how the speaker helped find a job for ...
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Testimony on Madigan’s #MeToo moment could add intrigue to corruption trial
Seven years ago almost to the day, Alaina Hampton sent a private letter to then-House Speaker Michael Madigan about sexual harassment from a co-worker that became a turning point in Madigan’s ...
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Jurors hear call where former Illinois Speaker Michael Madigan talks about getting job for state rep’s wife
CHICAGO — State Rep. Jaime Andrade said earlier this year in a Chicago Tribune interview he didn’t know whether former House Speaker Michael Madigan had helped get his wife a job with the ...
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Jurors hear call where former Illinois Speaker Michael Madigan talks about getting job for state rep’s wife
CHICAGO — State Rep. Jaime Andrade said earlier this year in a Chicago Tribune interview he didn’t know whether former House Speaker Michael Madigan had helped get his wife a job with the secretary of ...
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Defense hammers star Madigan witness on gun form gaffe, divorce, memory, motive: 'Did you really believe that?'
Michael J. Madigan’s longtime friend wrote a seemingly thoughtful email to ComEd executive Fidel Marquez in 2014, sharing details of a dinner conversation where Madigan had allegedly pondered ...
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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 trial began their cross-examination of a key witness Tuesday by trying ...
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Michael Strahan sparks debate as he's absent from GMA following recent controversy
Fans of Good Morning America were quick to notice the absence of anchor Michael Strahan on Monday ... a feat he shares with T.J. Watt, and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in ...
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Madigan jurors hear ally complaining to speaker's son about those who don’t get ‘what happens when you’re in this game’
Hello? Dumb s——.” The person on the other end of that call was not Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan, who resigned in 2021 and is now on trial with McClain for an alleged ...
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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 on federal racketeering and bribery charges as a part of what federal ...
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Secret recordings give Madigan jurors look at patronage, payments, danger of putting pen to paper
Photo is from video secretly recorded by Marquez. Federal jurors Wednesday heard Michael J. Madigan’s allies talking on secret FBI recordings about an “old-fashioned patronage system,” the need to ...