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CHICAGO — Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was the state’s most powerful politician in 2018 when he allegedly met at his downtown Chicago law office with then-Ald. Danny Solis to
Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was the state’s most powerful politician in 2018 when he allegedly met at his downtown Chicago law office with then-Ald. Danny Solis to discuss Solis’ appointment to a lucrative state board position. Solis, who unbeknownst to Madigan was an FBI mole, made it clear he’d helped bring law business to Madigan and wanted something in return once he retired ...
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The prosecution’s best testimony has come from the defendants’ own mouths, captured in the dozens of wiretapped phone calls and secretly recorded videos.
As the trial shifts to the defense phase, one thing has become clear. The prosecution’s best testimony hasn’t come from the cooperators who testified, but from the defendants’ own mouths.
(The Center Square) – Prosecutors revealed Tuesday they found the so-called "magic list" handwritten on hotel stationery in a tote bag in a former Commonwealth Edison lobbyist's Toyota Avalon. Prosecutors have mentioned...