Madigan ends testimony after sharing one of his regrets: ‘That I had any time spent with Danny Solis’
Jurors appear on track to hear the last of the evidence in Madigan's trial by Thursday, following about three months of ...
Chicago Sun-Times5d
Michael Madigan takes the stand to make his case: 'When people asked me for help … I tried to help them'
Madigan testified about his relationship with his parents, how he met his wife, Shirley, and how he came to see himself as a ...
WBEZ3d
Madigan ends testimony after sharing one of his regrets: ‘That I had any time spent with Danny Solis’
Andrew Madigan, second from left, with, from left, sisters former Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Nicole Madigan and mother, Shirley Madigan, at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in October.
Mark Diamond gets over 17 years in prison in reverse mortgage scam targeting seniors
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A man who pleaded guilty of scamming seniors on the city's South and West sides in a reverse mortgage scheme was sentenced Thursday. Mark Diamond was sentenced to 205 months—or 17 ...
The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus2d
In surprising move, former longtime Illinois House speaker takes stand at his own corruption trial
He described meeting his wife and raising kids. One of his children, former Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, sat in the packed courtroom Tuesday. Defense attorneys sought to humanize the sp ...
Ex-Speaker Michael Madigan is walking a tightrope by testifying. Will the gamble pay off?
Four years after resigning his seat in the legislature amid a burgeoning federal corruption investigation, Madigan is banking ...
Journal Gazette and Times Courier6d
Ex-Speaker Michael Madigan is walking a tightrope by testifying. Will the gamble pay off?
When they married in 1976, Madigan said he immediately considered himself a father to Shirley’s daughter, Lisa, from a previous marriage. “My view of it was I would treat Lisa as my daughter ...