‘ComEd Four’: Appeals court orders release of Madigan allies Anne Pramaggiore and Michael McClain, grants new trials
Just hours after hearing oral arguments, a three-judge panel of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals directed the government to free both defendants from federal custody “forthwith.” Michael Madigan remains in prison.
CHICAGO (WGN) — In just one day, former Democratic Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan will report to prison to begin serving a seven-and-a-half-year sentence. The longtime political figure was convicted in February on 10 of 23 counts in a remarkable corruption trial that lasted four months. The case churned through 60…
CHICAGO (WGN) — Former Democratic Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan began serving a seven-and-a-half-year sentence Monday after being found guilty by a federal jury on charges of conspiracy, wire fraud and bribery earlier this year. The longtime political figure was convicted in February on 10 of 23 counts in a…
HENDERSON, Ky (WEHT) - A request for former Illinois speaker Michael Madigan to remain out of prison while his appeal of his 7 1/2-year sentence is ongoing was denied by a federal judge. Madigan is scheduled to report to prison on October 13. The former speaker was sentenced back in…