Madigan Trial to Jury
We'll see if Ed Burke gets a new roommate shortly:
- Following 11 weeks of testimony and several days of closing arguments, a jury has begun deliberations in the landmark corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.
Madigan, 82, and his co-defendant and longtime confidante Michael McClain, face a 23-count indictment in federal court in Chicago, charging them with racketeering conspiracy, bribery, wire fraud, and attempted extortion.
Federal prosecutors have accused Madigan of running a yearslong criminal enterprise to enrich himself and benefit political allies through no-show jobs for his associates and legal work for his private law firm.
After seeing so many of his contemporaries go to prison for varying amounts of time, we can't see him getting off completely, though juries selected in Illinois have surprised us on a number of occasions. Hopefully, he gets tagged on a few counts at the minimum.
Labels: corruption, state politics
posted by SCC at 12:04 AM
22 Comments:
A Betting man says...
Take bet on little Lisa "Not a smidge of corruption" Madigan digging in her nose, trying to hook that ...big one. As daddie sweats ...
Prediction: Guilty Sentence: 40 months in the clink
Hope they cell him with some illegal rapist....
Already has one foot in the grave by the time he appeals ole boy will be gone and won’t see a day
just another democRATic politician richie daley threw under the bus so he can stay out of prison
Can you provide the judges name so all the readers provide a letter for leniency at sentencing?
It's never too late.
Once this case ends the news section of the TRIB will go from 9-10 pages to 6 or 7. I have never seen a newspaper beat a single story to death like this one in my life.
I vote NG
Ed Burke needs a new cellmate.
You said the same thing about Ed Burke.
Per Trib article this morning, sounds like jury foreman has Dem Machine ties.
To bad his daughter baby stone face wasn't taking the ride with him. He can call Blago and ask about shower etiquette.
Two major players (Burke, and Madigan) are gone and prosecuted. Yet life in Chicago, Cook county, and Illinois still sucks...My entire adult life has watched these corrupt politicians go to jail, and nothing here has improved. We had better learn to read these politicians better as each of them was elected time and again. Please stop electing the same people over and over again people...
It's Illinois, don't expect much for justice
I’m betting he’s found guilty these politicians are humored their whole life and no one questions them so they think people believe them. Jurors on the other hand see through their bs. Like Senator Melendez with the house full of cash and gold bars
Retired from shitty. People ask why the politicians here steal. Imo it's because they make it so easy. Really. Split a 50 year career between public and private doing the same kind of work. 100 % different attitude. Private job it's SOMEBODY'S money. Public domain it's gubmint money and nobody gives a fuck. Get yuse, I gotta mine. We need legit business types to run these massive corporations we call cities and states. We got one in Trump that's why they hate him so much. Millions of special people looting the treasury, a business would never put up with that,but politicians wanna spread that government cheese so they can get theirs without complaints from the riff raff.
Is it true Burke sent a letter to President Trump asking for clemency?
He should have pulled the pin a long time ago. Power, that's one hell of a drug.
Yes
should have sent it to brandon
CBS news does have a story that Ed Burke has asked President Trump for a commutation...What balls he has, and no shame either...!
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