Closing arguments are set to continue Thursday in the federal corruption trial of longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael ...

Thursday marked the second day of closing arguments in the speaker’s landmark racketeering and bribery trial, as prosecutors ...

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

Michael Madigan’s jury is made up of ordinary Illinoisans whose lives have likely been affected by the former speaker, given ...

The arguments follow 11 weeks of testimony in which jurors heard from 63 witnesses. Most notable among them was Michael ...

Madigan​ faces a 23-count indictment accusing him of running a criminal enterprise​ to enrich himself and benefit his political allies.

The prosecutor made her comment as she continued her closing argument and began to wade into allegations involving AT&T and former state Rep. Edward “Eddie” Acevedo.

Michael Madigan was so important to ComEd’s legislative agenda in Springfield that the utility was willing to bend over backwards to make the then-powerful House speaker happy, showering his ...

Closing statements officially got underway Thursday afternoon, more than three months after the corruption trial of Madigan ...

Prosecutors deliver closing arguments in Michael Madigan's corruption trial, accusing him of leading a criminal enterprise.

Closing arguments are set to begin Wednesday at the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in ...

After three months, more than five dozen witnesses and an array of thorny legal scuffles, attorneys in the landmark ...