Jury concludes sixth day of deliberations in ex-Illinois Speaker Madigan's corruption trial without verdict
Jurors in the trial of Michael Madigan left the courthouse Wednesday, their sixth day of deliberations, without having reached a verdict — and without having sent any notes or asked any questions. The complete radio silence was somewhat unusual: Jurors have sent at least one communication every day since they began their discussions the afternoon of Jan.
Jurors deliberate over 23 counts at trial of ex-Illinois House speaker
Jury deliberations are approaching the one-week mark at the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and co-defendant Michael McClain. The jury got the case last Wednesday afternoon at the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.
Michael Madigan trial: A timeline of events leading to jury deliberations
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is awaiting a jury verdict in his federal corruption trial, a historic case that spanned 12 weeks and featured testimony from more than 150 witnesses—including Madigan himself.
Jurors in ex-Illinois Speaker Madigan trial return for more deliberations
Jurors are resuming deliberations in the Michael Madigan trial Tuesday morning, their fifth day of discussions in the landmark trial. Deliberations began Wednesday afternoon and as of Monday evening had lasted more than 21 hours without a verdict.
Closing arguments to begin in former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan's corruption trial
Madigan, 82, and his co-defendant, political ally and confidant Michael McClain, are accused of running a criminal enterprise designed to enrich the former speaker and his associates and increase his political power.
Jury deliberates in ex-Illinois Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption trial
The jury now has the case in the public corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in Chicago. Judge John Robert Blakey handed the case to the jury
No verdict on Day 5 of jury deliberations in Madigan corruption trial
Only one note to the judge Tuesday for the fifth day of jury deliberations in the federal corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.
Jurors in Madigan trial return for more deliberations
Deliberations began the afternoon of Wednesday, Jan. 29, and as of Monday evening had lasted more than 21 hours without a verdict.
Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan defense begins closing arguments in corruption trial
Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan's defense team began their final presentation to the jury just after lunch Friday, following a 12-hour closing argument delivered by the government over two and a half days.
Ex-Illinois Speaker Madigan jury has resumed deliberations in Madigan trial, turning attention to ComEd allegations
Jurors deliberating in the trial of Michael Madigan on Monday asked a question about evidence related to a ComEd board seat, signaling that they are considering the wide-ranging ComEd allegations in their fourth day of discussions.
Jury deliberations continue at ex-speaker’s corruption trial
The jury has completed a third full day of deliberations at the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. The longtime speaker and Democratic
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‘Super quiet’ jury considers 23 counts against ex-Speaker Madigan
Jurors have been deliberating for more than a week at the bribery and racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. In Courtroom 1203 at the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courth ...
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Michael Madigan's fate now rests with jury
It was a well-known aphorism during former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s record 36 years in power that while others in the state’s political realm were merely playing checkers ...
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Landmark corruption case against ex-Speaker Michael Madigan is in jury’s hands
That theme continued to the end, with Assistant U.S. Attorney Amarjeet Bhachu showing the jury Wednesday a handwritten note McClain wrote to Madigan in 2016, telling the speaker that Illinois was ...