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The convicted former Illinois House speaker's appellate team includes a "legendary high court litigator" who touts an 81% win ...
Federal prosecutors have moved to throw out the remaining charges against Michael McClain, a former lobbyist whose close ...
McClain was found guilty of orchestrating a scheme to gain the favor of the most powerful politician in Illinois.
Michael McClain was sentenced Thursday for his role in a plot to illegally influence former Illinois House Speaker Michael ...
Michael McClain and three codefendants — former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore, ex-ComEd lobbyist John Hooker and former contract ...
As ComEd's top contract lobbyist, McClain pushed for the company to give jobs and contracts to Madigan allies, which the feds ...
Michael McClain receives a 2-year sentence for his role in a bribery scheme benefiting ex-Illinois Speaker Madigan.
In an expected move, Madigan on Wednesday filed his notice of appeal to the Seventh Circuit Court after he was convicted in February on 10 felony charges including bribery and wire fraud.
Last month, Madigan was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison, following his conviction on bribery, conspiracy, and fraud ...
Michael McClain, a member of the "ComEd Four", has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for his involvement in a ...
Michael Madigan, once the nation’s longest-serving state legislative leader, has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison on federal bribery and wire fraud convictions, thus bringing to ...
CHICAGO — Michael J. Madigan stepped onto Illinois’ public stage as a young man in the late 1960s, when he was elected as one of 118 delegates to the state constitutional convention in ...