scheming with utility giants ComEd and AT&T to put his cronies on contracts requiring little or no work and using his public ...

Madigan, McClain and AT&T were involved in a strikingly similar scheme, prosecutors said. AT&T had tried for years to get the legislature to pass a bill that would relieve the company from having ...

In October 2022, prosecutors filed a superseding indictment that charged Madigan and McClain with conspiracy related to an alleged corruption scheme involving AT&T Illinois. The charges stem ...

In two of them, Madigan is accused of seeking and accepting bribes from ComEd and AT&T Illinois while the utilities were seeking favorable action from Madigan. Those allegations were central to ...

While Madigan himself was not accused of sexual misconduct, fallout from how a scandal was handled contributed to his loss of ...

A motion to exclude evidence in the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan has been denied.

“Madigan understood this and exploited it to ... solicited from electric utility Commonwealth Edison and telecom giant AT&T in the form of jobs and contracts for his political allies.

In the rapidly unfolding federal corruption trial of former House Speaker Michael Madigan, Illinoisans are getting a close-up ...

Madigan attorney Todd Pugh called it a “purely personal situation” — unlike other allegations that people were paid by ComEd and AT&T Illinois to influence Madigan. Assistant U.S. Attorney Amarjeet ...

From 2011 to 2019, the bribes were, according to the 23-count indictment, given by both ComEd and AT&T in the form of no-work jobs and contracts for Madigan's political associates. In exchange ...

Seven years ago almost to the day, Alaina Hampton sent a private letter to then-House Speaker Michael Madigan about sexual ...