CHICAGO (WLS) -- Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan's co-defendant Michael McClain's defense gave closing arguments Tuesday. The jury began hearing defense attorney Patrick Cotter's closing ...
(The Center Square) – Closing arguments have resumed at the bribery and racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and codefendant Michael McClain in Chicago. McClain attorney ...
Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan minced no words on the day Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich, his longtime political nemesis, was arrested on federal corruption charges in December 2008. “Today’s ...
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CHICAGO (WLS) -- The third member of the so-called ComEd Four was sentenced Thursday. Michael McClain walked into the Dirksen federal courthouse Thursday morning. He was sentenced to 24 months in ...
Many words have been thrown around to describe Michael McClain, the longtime lobbyist from downstate Quincy. He’s been called a “henchman,” “bag man,” and “fixer” for convicted former Illinois House ...
The feds say a man who once had an “unbreakable” bond with former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan should be sentenced to nearly six years in prison, partly for serving as Madigan’s “agent, ...