CHICAGO — For the second day in a row, the famously tight-lipped former Speaker of the Illinois House Michael Madigan testified in his federal corruption trial.  For Madigan, a call to the stand was an apparent opportunity to distance himself from long-time confidant Michael McClain and inform a jury of eight women and four men, who will ultimately decide his fate, that he has never used his public office for private enrichment.   In court paper…

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Michael Madigan Takes the Stand In His Corruption Trial

Ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan is set to return to the stand Wednesday morning, continuing testimony that will surely be some of the most crucial and closely examined of the bombshell public corruption trial. The decision to testify can be extremely risky, and few defendants, let alone such high-profile ones, have opted to take the stand. But Madigan, who for decades was the state’s most powerful politician, seemed calm and confident from the …

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Madigan testimony set to continue in landmark corruption trial

In a stunning and risky move, former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan (D), once the state’s most powerful politician, took the witness stand in his corruption trial, while offering repeated and emphatic denials that he ever betrayed his elected position, the Chicago Tribune reports.

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Ten years after the FBI began its aggressive pursuit of corruption inside Illinois’ halls of power, toppling some of Chicago’s most entrenched old-school politicians, a defense attorney on Tuesday finally uttered five words that could prove to be a game-changer — or a huge mistake. “The defense calls Mike Madigan to testify.” Moments later, jurors who had heard from nearly 60 witnesses over three months in Dirksen Federal Court finally heard fro…

Diez años después de que el FBI comenzara su agresiva persecución de la corrupción dentro de los pasillos del poder de Illinois, derrocando a algunos de los políticos de la vieja escuela más arraigados de Chicago, un abogado defensor finalmente pronunció el martes cinco palabras que podrían resultar un cambio de juego, o un gran error.“La defensa llama a declarar a Mike Madigan”.Momentos después, los jurados que habían escuchado a casi 60 testig…

Michael Madigan sube al estrado para exponer su caso: ‘Cuando la gente me pedía ayuda, yo intentaba ayudar’

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Michael Madigan takes the stand to make his case: ‘When people asked me for help, I tried to help’

CHICAGO — Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan took the stand Tuesday in his own public corruption trial. According to the Chicago Tribune, the ex-speaker's lead attorney, Dan Collins, told the judge after a morning break that Madigan would be the next witness called.  Madigan’s federal corruption trial resumed Monday after jurors returned from their holiday break. Madigan is accused of using his position as Illinois House Speaker to en…

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Ex-Speaker Michael Madigan takes the stand in his own corruption trial

(The Center Square) – Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has returned to the witness stand as he faces federal corruption charges in Chicago.

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Madigan returns for more direct testimony at corruption trial

Michael Madigan, the former speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, has taken the stand to testify in his own defense during his federal corruption trial this week.

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Michael Madigan takes stand in corruption trial

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan will take the witness stand in his corruption trial — an unexpected revelation that likely will stretch the already lengthy trial into late January.

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Madigan to take witness stand in corruption trial surprise

By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois hmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com CHICAGO – Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan will take the witness stand in his corruption trial – an unexpected revelation that will likely stretch the already lengthy trial into late January. 
The longtime House speaker’s decision to testify is a risk, but it’s also a surprise, given the quiet demeanor that was emblematic of his five decades in Springfield, inclu…

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Ten years after the FBI began its aggressive pursuit of corruption inside Illinois’ halls of power, toppling some of Chicago’s most entrenched old-school politicians, a defense attorney finally uttered five words Tuesday that could turn out to be a game-changer — or a colossal mistake. “The defense calls Mike Madigan.” Moments later, jurors who’d heard from nearly 60 witnesses over three months at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse found themselves …

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Michael Madigan takes the stand to make his case: ‘When people asked me for help … I tried to help them.’

CHICAGO — Over the last 2 1/2 months, the jury in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption trial has heard the longtime Democratic leader’s voice dozens of times on wiretapped phone calls and in secretly recorded video footage.

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Madigan takes witness stand, denying he traded ‘public office’ for ‘private gain’

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In return to stand, Madigan answers questions about longtime ally Michael McClain

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