all of them utility lobbyists or Madigan loyalists whom he could trust to keep things quiet. Eventually, McClain successfully signed up four people — John Bradley, Will Cousineau, Tom Cullen and ...

Madigan agreed to toss a small — but potentially ... arguing in court that U.S. District Judge John Blakey should toss the testimony. Blakey wound up having Cousineau clarify his answers without ...

O’Neill also acknowledged for Assistant U.S. Attorney Sarah Streicker that he did not participate in conversations McClain had with Madigan, Pramaggiore or fellow ComEd lobbyist John Hooker ...

Judge John Robert Blakey reminded prosecutors to follow pretrial limiting instructions about Madigan’s control. In defense of McClain, Cotter made an earlier motion to strike a portion of ...

Two days of intensive questioning this week have yielded no new jurors in the corruption trial of Michael Madigan ... Although U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey has been insistent he would ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The corruption trial for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has begun. Madigan had been indicted on federal racketeering and bribery charges as a part of what federal ...

(The Center Square) – One of Michael Madigan’s former associates has taken ... At the end of O’Neill’s final cross-examination, Judge John Robert Blakey firmly sustained the prosecution ...

Michael McClain’s defense attorney, Patrick John Carter, asked. MORE FROM JULIAN: Madigan trial resumes with more wiretapped conversations and alleged illegal acts “Yes,” O’Neill answered.

Madigan that the utility’s CEO was known to ... up participating in a long sidebar discussion with U.S. District Judge John Blakey — which couldn’t be heard by members of the public.

A lawyer for ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan’s longtime confidant told a federal jury Tuesday that the allegations of bribery and corruption against the pair were simply a misguided attempt to ...