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Jury selection begins in ex-Chicago Alderman Edward Burke’s high-stakes federal corruption trial
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 months agoCHICAGO — Nearly five years after he was first charged, ex-Chicago Ald. Edward Burke went on trial...
Politically connected businessman convicted of attempting to bribe legislators in a brief trial that...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIn the annals of Chicago public corruption prosecutions, the federal bribery case against...
Ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s racketeering trial postponed 6 months pending Supreme...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo Finance· 4 months agoCHICAGO — Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s landmark racketeering trial was postponed...
With Supreme Court to weigh in on federal bribery statute, ripples felt quickly in Chicago...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo Finance· 5 months agoA decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a Chicago-area bribery case has already reverberated...
Tim Mapes, former aide to Speaker Michael Madigan, sentenced to 2 1/2 years for lying to federal...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 months agoDuring Tim Mapes’ perjury trial last year, an FBI agent memorably testified Mapes’ boss, longtime...
Does the US prosecute more Republicans or Democrats? Here’s some data
CNN via Yahoo News· 8 months agoDemocratic Sen. Bob Menendez was indicted for the second time in 10 years on bribery and corruption...
As bombshell trial nears, new details emerge in alleged plot by ComEd to influence Michael Madigan
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCHICAGO — Two months ahead of trial, federal prosecutors late Tuesday revealed new details of wiretapped conversations and other evidence they intend to use against four people accused in an ...
Trump says Democrats are ‘running a Gestapo administration’ at Republican National Committee’s...
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoFormer President Donald Trump ramped up his attacks on Democrats on Saturday at a private luncheon...
Ex-Madigan aide Tim Mapes found guilty but he’s still collecting a big pension
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months agoDespite a federal jury last week convicting Tim Mapes of two felonies, the former chief of staff for...
Jim Dey: 'It's just politics'? Maybe that's one of Illinois' problems
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 2—It's just politics. Get ready to hear that defense raised as four alleged ringleaders of the Commonwealth Edison bribery conspiracy prepare for their mid-March trial while former House ...