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Closing arguments continue in corruption trial of former IL House Speaker Michael Madigan
Madigan’s ‘Make Mike Money Plan’: Closing Arguments Continue in Landmark Corruption Trial
Prosecutors emphasize key phone call in Day 2 of closing arguments in Madigan corruption trial
Federal prosecutors are working to summarize the grueling three-month trial, which featured 60 witnesses, 150 wiretapped calls, and undercover videos.
The prosecutor made her comment as she continued her closing argument and began to wade into allegations involving AT&T and former state Rep. Edward “Eddie” Acevedo.
Madigan faces a 23-count indictment accusing him of running a criminal enterprise to enrich himself and benefit his political allies.
Closing arguments are expected to begin Wednesday in the federal corruption trial of longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. Court is expected to resume at 9 a.m. Former federal prosecutor Chris Hotaling joined ABC7 to discuss key points presented by the prosecution and the defense.
Prosecutors say the “Make Mike Madigan Money Plan” helped the former Illinois House speaker’s law firm gain profits.
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Michael Madigan was so important to ComEd’s legislative agenda in Springfield that the utility was willing to bend over backwards to make the then-powerful House speaker happy, showering his cronies with do-nothing contracts,
After more than three months, dozens of witnesses and hundreds of audio recordings, the fate of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan will soon be in the hands of a jury.
Earlier Wednesday, US District Judge John Robert Blakey spent nearly two hours reading more than 100 pages of jury instructions. Legal experts say the bar is high for federal prosecutors, as the government aims to prove conspiracy among the defendants with intent to advance their alleged activities.
Madigan, 82, and his co-defendant, political ally and confidant Michael McClain, are accused of running a criminal enterprise designed to enrich the former speaker and his associates and increase his political power.
Final arguments are underway in the high-profile corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.
The arguments follow 11 weeks of testimony in which jurors heard from 63 witnesses. Most notable among them was Michael Madigan himself.
As prosecutors began their closing arguments Wednesday in the trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, they accused the longtime Democratic powerbroker of lying to the jury when he testified in his own defense earlier this month.
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