While former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is fixated on April 15, federal prosecutors are, by instinct and court schedule, playing the long game.
Former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke, convicted last month on racketeering, extortion and bribery charges, will always be remembered for asking an informant this incriminating question: “So did we land the, uh, tuna?” The “tuna” was an illegal payoff from the developers of Chicago’s massive Old Post Office building, in the form of hiring Burke’s private law firm to conduct “tax business.” Klafter & .
(The Center Square) – A judge on Wednesday pushed back the start of the state's most high-profile public corruption case to October, citing a pending U.S. Supreme Court case focused on the federal bribery statute. U.S. .
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(The Center Square) – Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's corruption trial shouldn't be delayed while the U.S. Supreme Court considers another case focused on the federal bribery statut.