President Donald Trump said he's getting rid of all of his predecessor's top federal prosecutors, a standard change for an ...

Speaker Mike Madigan guilty on 10 counts, including of bribery.

The Illinois Democrat once lauded as the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history has been found guilty of some ...

Fortunately, the work of the 2009 Illinois Reform Commission, established in the wake of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s ...

Convicting Michael Madigan is a victory for federal prosecutors that few would have predicted when the former Illinois House ...

Madigan, 82, and McClain, faced a 23-count indictment in federal court in Chicago on charges of racketeering conspiracy, ...

Federal authorities and state lawmakers say they will keep fighting public corruption in Illinois after the conviction of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. Morris Pasqual, acting U.S.

Acting U.S. Attorney Morris Pasqual called it a “historic” conviction, ranking high among top public corruption cases tried in Chicago’s federal courthouse. He said that Illinois residents ...

The prosecution is one of the highest-profile public corruption cases ever brought in Illinois, a state that has seen its share of such trials. Prosecutors accused the former speaker “of leading ...

Blagojevich was convicted on corruption charges for trying to sell a Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama. Trump commuted the former governor's sentence in 2020.

Michael Madigan is the latest Illinois politician convicted for abusing the power of their office, and he's now part of the ...

Trump will pardon ex-Illinois Gov. Blagojevich 5 years after commuting sentence on corruption charges, AP source says.