The defense continues to cross-examine a star witness on Wednesday in Michael Madigan's federal corruption trial.

The defense continued to cross-examine a star witness on Thursday in Michael Madigan's federal corruption trial.

CHICAGO (CBS) – For five days, one of the star witnesses in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's federal ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and an ally are on trial for a racketeering conspiracy. Madigan is accused of ...

Before the sun rose on a cold Wednesday morning in January 2019, Fidel Marquez agreed to a life-altering assignment as a ...

CHICAGO — The corruption charges against former House Speaker Michael Madigan are in many ways tethered to his longtime confidant, Michael McClain, a self-described “agent” of the speaker who was ...

Defense attorneys have begun cross-examining a convicted former ComEd executive at the bribery and racketeering trial of ...

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 ...

Seizing on a tactic strengthened by a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, defense attorneys in the Michael Madigan corruption ...

Under the stained glass dome of the Capitol in Springfield, lobbyists often wander the building, popping into a quiet corner ...

Jurors in Michael Madigan’s corruption trial on Monday heard a key wiretapped phone call in which the speaker’s longtime confidant told him about a plan to kick payments to a loyal ward aide ...

Ill., lobbying for three separate energy bills, dealing mostly with McClain acting as a go-between for Madigan. "Mr. McClain had free access in the speaker's suite," said O'Neill, connecting him ...