Jury hears recordings of McClain from ex-alderman in former IL Speaker Mike Madigan trial
Ex-Chicago Alderman Danny Solis returned to the witness stand Tuesday in the trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse.
Former Chicago alderman Danny Solis takes stand for 3rd day in Michael Madigan corruption trial
Danny Solis’s testimony in Michael Madigan’s corruption trial continued into day three on Tuesday. Federal prosecutors said Madigan and his top aide ran a criminal conspiracy to enrich themselves. The government said they took official actions to benefit Private developers in exchange for bribes or other favors.
Ex-Ald. Daniel Solis back on stand for 4th day in Madigan corruption trial
CHICAGO — Former Ald. Daniel Solis’ testimony about his extraordinary turn as an FBI mole will continue for an abbreviated fourth day Wednesday before the corruption trial of ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan takes an extended Thanksgiving break.
Mike Madigan trial: Former Ald. Daniel Solis takes stand in ex-Illinois speaker trial
FBI Special Agent Ryan McDonald said on the stand Thursday afternoon investigators focused in on the speaker in 2017, after Solis recorded a meeting during which Madigan was heard asking Solis to introduce him to the developers of a high-rise apartment building in the West Loop called Union West.
Prosecutors focus on Chinatown schemes as former Ald. Danny Solis returns to witness stand in Madigan's corruption trial
Follow along as former Ald. Danny Solis, one of the most anticipated witnesses to take the stand in ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan's trial on corruption charges, resumes his testimony Tuesday afternoon.
Madigan talks development, law business on secret recordings
At the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, former Chicago Alderman Daniel Solis has testified ...
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'You shouldn’t be talking like that’: Madigan scolded alderman-turned-FBI mole for bringing up ‘quid pro quo’
Then-Chicago Ald. Danny Solis had already been cooperating with the FBI for a little more than a year in June 2017 when he ...
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‘There’s a lot of good stuff happening in my ward:’ Star witness testimony continues in Mike Madigan corruption trial
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan appears on the floor as the Illinois House of Representatives convenes ...
‘We’re not looking for a quick killing here’: Jurors see undercover video of ex-Illinois Speaker Madigan soliciting law business from Chinatown developer
Jurors in the Michael Madigan corruption trial on Monday got their first look at a secretly recorded video of the ...
More Illinois political names surface at Madigan’s bribery and racketeering trial
Past and present Illinois politicians have figured prominently in wiretapped conversations introduced by prosecutors at the ...
Jury hears recordings from ex-Chicago alderman in former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan trial
A former Chicago alderman was back on the witness stand in the trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan Monday ...
‘They say these outrageous things you can’t say any more’: FBI mole Solis continues testimony in ex-Illinois Speaker Madigan trial
Nearly seven years ago, two political insiders sitting in a City Hall office agreed: These days, you have to be careful how ...
Blasts from the past? Secret recordings give glimpse of Madigan’s take on Burke, food and football
A federal jury watched video Tuesday of one of the city’s most entrenched, powerful and old-school politicians joking about another. The feds played more than 30 recordings that allegedly show Mike ...