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An attorney for Michael Madigans longtime chief of staff on Wednesday likened the top aides 2021 visit to a federal grand jury to a high school reunion -- featuring a pop quiz in which failure results in a felony. "Tim Mapes did not lie in the grand jury," defense attorney Katie Hill argued as Mapes perjury trial began in earnest. "He did not attempt to obstruct justice."

Tim Mapes accused of lying to grand jury despite immunity order

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Tim Mapes served for two decades as a top aide to Madigan, Illinois’ once-powerful former House speaker. He was called in March 2021 to appear before a grand jury that had been investigating Madigan.

The trial for Tim Mapes, the chief of staff for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, opened on Aug. 8, 2023, with a prosecutor claiming he lied under oath to protect Madigan.

CHICAGO (AP) — The trial of a former chief of staff to longtime Illinois […]

Federal trial to decide whether ex-chief of staff lied to protect his Madigan

CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - Taking occasional notes - a habit hard-wired after more than 25 years as Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's ch...

During ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s long reign, his chief of staff Tim Mapes placed in his office a pointed piece of artwork. The sign, as observers recalled, quoted “The Wizard of Oz:” “Nobody gets in to see the wizard. Not nobody, not no how.” “Who in the analogy did you understand the wizard to be?” a federal prosecutor asked Rep. Bob Rita, who testified in Mapes’ perjury ...

Federal trial to decide whether ex-chief of staff lied to protect his Madigan