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Madigan’s attorneys accuse FBI agent of leading speaker into government’s trap
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Longtime political worker Ed Moody collected $354,000 in indirect payments from ComEd
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In same call, co-defendant justified the contracts as necessary ‘because Mike Madigan came to us’
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Defense attorneys try to undercut Fidel Marquez’s credibility after gun purchase attempt
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McClain to Madigan’s son: ‘That’s what happens when you’re in this game’
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Defense attorneys seek to undermine evidence that speaker knew of arrangement
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Jury hears another wiretap of Mike McClain referring to Madigan as ‘real client’
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Prosecutors paint picture of Mike McClain’s extreme loyalty to ex-Illinois House speaker
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First portion of Madigan corruption trial a repeat of 2023’s ‘ComEd Four’ case
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Lengthy jury selection portends arduous trial for ousted Democratic powerbroker