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Ex-top Madigan aide Tim Mapes was found guilty of lying on multiple occasions when he appeared before a grand jury on March 31, 2021. The jury also convicted him of trying to block an aggressive criminal investigation of his old boss,
Jurors in the trial of Tim Mapes have listened to 18 witnesses and heard numerous recordings over two weeks.
Federal prosecutors are nearly done laying out their case to a jury that Michael Madigan's longtime chief of staff lied to a grand jury in 2021 that had been investigating the once-powerful former House speaker and a close confidant.
Jurors hear additional recordings that seemed to show the close relationship between Tim Mapes and Michael McClain.
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.