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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man who authorities say is a target in a sweeping federal investigation into alleged fraud in a student meals program has been arrested on a passport charge, according to a complaint unsealed Thursday.

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The 25-year-old man also has roughly two dozen cases pending in Hennepin County involving robbery, burglary and assault.

(The Center Square) – A federal judge on Friday granted former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's defense team four months to review mounds of documents submitted by prosecutors as part of the discovery process in a corruption ca...

A federal judge on Friday granted former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's defense team four months to review ...

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But in a surprise move during a status hearing Wednesday, Michael McClain’s defense attorney told the judge the defendants would prefer to have it go forward as a bench trial — decided by the judge — rather than as a jury trial. Prosecutors must agree to that request.

Three weeks after the indictment of former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan, federal prosecutors told a judge they want to keep their Sept. 12 trial date in a related bribery case that involves Madigan co-defendant Michael McClain.

Former Speaker Michael Madigan’s indictment says he “directed the activities of his close friend and associate, [Michael] McClain, who carried out illegal activity at Madigan’s direction.” And the feds have portrayed McClain as a Madigan surrogate.