Former lobbyist MichaelMcClain exits after his and former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption trial at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse, Jan. 8, 2025. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) ...
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and codefendant Michael Mcclain separately enter the federal court building in Chicago Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025.
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.
For Madigan, a call to the stand was an apparent opportunity to distance himself from long-time confidant MichaelMcClain and inform a jury of eight women and four men, who will ultimately decide ...