A federal judge set a trial date of April 1, 2024, for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and a longtime confidant on racketeering charges alleging they conspired to leverage Madigan’s elected office and political power for personal gain.
A federal judge on Monday set a trial date of April 1, 2024, for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and a longtime confidant on racketeering charges alleging they conspired to leverage Madigan’s elected office and political power for personal gain.
The date for the six- to seven-week trial was set during a 10-minute telephone status hearing between U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey and attorneys in the case. Neither Madigan nor his co-defendant, Michael McClain, was required to be on the call.
Both Madigan and McClain have pleaded not guilty. Their attorneys have accused prosecutors of trying to criminalize legal political actions such as job recommendations in a quest to bring down the once-powerful speaker.
Another defendant, former ComEd Vice President Fidel Marquez, has pleaded guilty and is expected to testify for the prosecution. Madigan’s former chief of staff, Timothy Mapes, meanwhile, isBoth AT&T and ComEd have admitted illegal conduct and agreed to pay multi-million dollar fines as part of deferred prosecution deals with prosecutors that would see the charges against the companies dropped in exchange for their cooperation.
as part of the investigation was Paul La Schiazza, former president of AT&T Illinois, who was accused of orchestrating and approving the payments. He pleaded not guilty.
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