The Sun-Times is providing free text updates as attorneys wrap up closing arguments in the corruption trial of the former ...

Defense attorney Patrick Cotter made the comment in the midst of his nearly five-hour closing argument Tuesday in the ...

Jury deliberations are expected to begin Wednesday after the prosecution’s rebuttal case at the corruption trial of former ...

Michael McClain, a longtime confidant of ex-speaker Michael Madigan, was a smart and diligent lobbyist who never agreed to or ...

Co-defendant Mike McClain's defense attorney said this trial is about lobbying and politics during closing arguments Tuesday.

Madigan and his now former friend and political fixer, 77-year-old Michael McClain, each face a 23-count criminal indictment.

Of the 23 total charges in the indictment, Michael McClain faces six counts including racketeering conspiracy, federal ...

As former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s defense lawyers began their closing arguments last week, attorney Dan ...

Michael Madigan’s defense team has begun closing arguments at the former Illinois House speaker’s corruption trial in Chicago ...

Monday marked the fourth day of closing arguments in Michael Madigan’s landmark corruption trial at the Dirksen Federal ...

After nearly three months of testimony, the trial of former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan is approaching its conclusion ...

What the evidence of this trial did show is lobbying and politics...,” McClain attorney Patrick Cotter said in his closing ...