The Illinois Democrat once lauded as the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history has been found guilty of some charges in a mixed verdict at his federal corruption trial in ...

Shortly after former House Speaker Michael Madigan’s conviction on federal corruption charges, the leaders of Chicago’s top federal investigative agencies appeared in the lobby of the Dirksen U.S.

Holding hands with his daughter, Nicole, former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan walks out of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Wednesday. A federal jury found him guilty of bribery ...

By Julie Bosman Reporting from Chicago Michael J. Madigan, the former speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives and a fearsome Democratic power broker for decades, was convicted on ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The jury in Michael Madigan's federal corruption trial found the former Illinois House speaker guilty on several counts as part of a partial verdict. The jury reached a partial ...

The Michael Madigan jury has ended its third day of deliberations without a verdict in Illinois’ highest-stakes public corruption trial in years. The jury of eight women and four men began ...

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CHICAGO (WGN) — Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, a fixture in Illinois politics for more than 50 years, left the Everett M. Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Wednesday a convicted felon ...

CHICAGO — A Chicago Democrat who once set much of Illinois' political agenda as the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history was convicted of conspiracy, bribery and wire fraud ...

Flanked by supporters and holding hands with his daughter Nicole, former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan leaves the Dirksen Federal Courthouse Wednesday after jurors found him guilty of 10 ...

In a packed courtroom, jurors convicted former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan of 10 counts and acquitted him of seven in a bribery case that led to the downfall of a man who was nicknamed ...