Prosecutors have revealed new details of wiretapped conversations and other evidence they intend to use against four people accused in an alleged scheme between Commonwealth Edison and Michael Madigan.
A federal judge on Monday set a trial date of April 1, 2024, for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and a longtime confidant on racketeering charges.
A week after he was charged in a bombshell racketeering indictment, Madigan, 79, of Chicago’s Southwest Side, is scheduled to be arraigned in a telephone hearing in U.S. District Court.
Like so many federal corruption probes before it, the case is replete with powerful political characters, bit players, well-connected lobbyists and big-business clout.