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"Mr. Madigan ran his organization, as close as I can compare it to, almost the head of a mafia family," Former FBI Special Agent Brendan O’Leary said.

In his heyday, Tim Mapes, diminutive but domineering, was feared in Springfield. He threatened staffers’ jobs and screamed orders on the House floor in his capacity as powerhouse Democrat Michael Madigan’s trusted lieutenant. Formal investigations all but called Mapes’ conduct dictatorial. But you’d never guess that by looking at Mapes last week, sitting meekly and respectfully between his two ...

Agent Brendan O’Leary told jurors that Michael Madigan depended on “his tight inner-circle,” which is why the FBI was so interested in hearing what Madigan’s longtime chief of staff, Tim Mapes, would say in front of a grand jury.

Former State Rep. Bob Rita told jurors that Mapes had nearly as much power in Springfield as Madigan.

Brendan OLeary spent more than two decades working for the FBI -- most of it in Chicago, and most of it investigating public corruption.But when it came to Illinois famously reclusive former House Speaker Michael Madigan, OLeary told a jury Thursday he was "different from any other politician Ive seen." His testimony came during the perjury trial of Madigans longtime chief of staff, Tim Mapes.

Good morning, Chicago. Nicknamed “The Bud,” the Bud Billiken Parade has been a back-to-school celebration and showcase for Chicago’s talented young people since 1929. For four generations, the Sengstacke family has organized what it says is the largest African American parade in the United States and the second largest parade in the United States after the Rose Parade. Hundreds of thousands of ...

The state's highest court handed down a decision Friday that keeps the state's ban on the sale of assault weapons and large capacity magazines in place. But a federal challenge remains. Also, the trial for the one-time Chief of Staff to former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan began this week.

CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - Longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was elevated to that powerful position in 1983 - the same year Motor...

The 68-year-old Tim Mapes, who served for almost two decades as Madigan’s chief of staff, faces single counts of perjury and attempted obstruction of justice.

CHICAGO (AP) — The trial of a former chief of staff to longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan opened Wednesday with a federal prosecutor arguing that the defendant lied under