Madigan Pension Suspended
Sorry about the Tribune paywall (there are ways around it):
Former Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan’s $158,000 annual state of Illinois pension is being halted following his high-profile corruption conviction.
Timothy Blair, executive secretary of the Illinois General Assembly Retirement System, said Thursday he “sent the letter out today” to notify Madigan the pension system will stop sending his monthly checks because Illinois law bars elected officials in the legislative pension plan from collecting payments once they are convicted or enter a guilty plea in a felony tied to their government job.
But Blair said Madigan will receive his nearly $13,170 pension check for February because that has already been processed.
Here's a different link from WTTW:
Michael Madigan’s pension has been suspended following his conviction on federal corruption charges.
The General Assembly Retirement System of Illinois (GARS) sent the former Illinois Speaker of the House notice by mail Thursday, according to the State Retirement Systems.
The suspension comes days after Madigan, 82, was convicted on 10 felony counts of bribery, conspiracy and wire fraud in his landmark corruption trial.
Hopefully, he can survive on his other ill-gotten gains and generous gifts from those who benefited from his favors. Maybe he can move in with the booger-eater.
Labels: corruption, good news
posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
60 Comments:
158k<MILLIONS
All the money that thief stole,..Don't think he will live long enough to count it all...
Whats for dinner Lisa. Hope it’s not boogers again.
Regarding “his other ill gotten gains”. Just saw on one of the news shows that his “forfeiture hearing” to claw back those ill gotten gains is scheduled for May. Supposedly the Feds wanted to do it right now but the judge made it May,
Hopefully Trump doesn't stick his nose into this and deprive us of the justice we’ve long been waiting for.
Claw back that $13K check sent out...
In a just society Madigan would have already at least 40 years in prison and life to do. No parole, no commution. When he finally dies, creamate him put the ashes in a lead container and drop it in the Marianas Trench. Slime is a disgrace to humanity
From sun times
“ According to court records, the government must file its motion for forfeiture by March 14. A hearing on post-trial motions, including the forfeiture bench trial, is set for May 5.
In a filing last month, prosecutors indicated they would seek approximately $3.24 million in forfeiture if Madigan were convicted. It is not clear whether that number could change given the counts Madigan was found guilty on.”
Always remember FOP Lodge 7 endorsed him year over year over year.
Old days he would been dragged out of the court room, then clubbed like a baby seal....tarred, feathered. Returned back to the booger eater with a bill.
Chump change hope he enjoys his staycation at club fed
I’m no fan of Madigan but your going to tell me that a former Obama connected, 007th District Commander (Kenneth Johnson) gets caught stealing his dead mother’s social security checks for 25 years and used ATM machines in Chicago Police facilities to basically commit over 280 federal felonies after making monthly withdrawals on city time during work and he gets to keep his 160K pension collecting over 10K a month and only 6 months probation and ordered to make restitution payments? Come on man….
https://digitaledition.chicagotribune.com/infinity/article_share.aspx?guid=4fdd1d91-cf7c-416c-a4ca-0859f14cd463
His law firm should be able to compensate him very well.
After all the taxes he saved for businesses.
Well how do we get Barz pension cancelled? He has committed perjury on police reports written and oral, in police board hearings along with criminal and civil courts? Ask Crook County states attorney office? He is on the Brady list? This is why they needed to promote him? If he starts talking the entire command of CPD would need to explain why they keep him let alone place Barz in charge?
He will not need any tag days.
Between the Big C and The Skinny, KJ will be dead soon enough. He ain’t gonna be collecting those checks for too much longer.
Bon voyage stone face.
how can I get around the pay wall??
I hope he makes it, haha!
Do you that Cheap S.O.B never tipped his pizza delivery guy!
And the jury foreman Nesser sounded like a Madigan cheerleader. Actually said “government overreach “.
Really! You can't put a "stop payment" on that thing?
Sometimes you did not have a choice if you wanted to get things done.
You might not like this, but he was not convicted of a felony in conjunction with his job..,taking money from an ATM in the station does not mean in conjunction with your job…when it comes to taking your pension away they should follow the letter of the law or else they can come at anyone’s pension…don’t like it then change the law
He won’t miss a penny
The legal difference is that Madigan's crimes were committed as part of his official duties. He used his office to commit the crimes, he was only able to commit them because of the power of his office. That’s why he can lose the pension that came along with the office.
The crooked cop’s office didn’t enable his crimes so his pension doesn’t matter although the scumbag surely should’ve gotten jail time and been subject to fines and forfeiture.
Waiting on the wail of assholes crying any prison sentence is a death sentence.
Your explanation is quite one-sided. It might make better sense if you think of it as reparations.
Curious and not meant to protect Madigan but I thought you not only had to be convicted but also sentenced to lose your pension. There have been several high profile cases like this
Great, let’s give him time to hide assets.
After Madigan moved in with daughter Lisa, she called out, “Dinner time dad. I made a booger loaf for dinner”. YUMMY for my tummy.
It's boogers...and YOU can't have them.
He's done...give him nothing. Have new boss in town...Da Coneman
He was on a mission from G-D.
I have to ask. I love all the booger eater jokes but where did that come from? Did somebody just decide she looked like a booger eater or was there a real incident where she was seen publicly doing so?
I hear you. Burke got a prison sentence and he’s almost as old so hopefully judges don’t buy that shit.
FBI got this one right, which is what they are supposed to do. And IRS was in there too (doubt they'll get any credit though).
Lock his silent partner up...Little booger eater Lisa....
Perry Noyyah Says:
Looks like the cells are gonna be fillin up faster than usual under King Trump. Tik Tok, Democrats, shoulda never fucked with the mans family.
He can rely on social security benefits just like the working class. Social security has been the great panacea for the working class as espoused by the democrats and now unemployed disgraced Mike Madigan can get his fair share.
Seriously?
This entire investigation happened under the Biden admin, Trump had absolutely nothing to do with it. The only thing Trump has done with crooked democratic Chicago politicians is commute their sentences and pardon them. (Blago).
Burke has already applied to Trump for a commutation of his sentence crying it was political and improper and I’m afraid Trump will let him out too. And by the way, Burke’s law firm handled one of Trumps successful property tax appeals on the tower. So letting that scumbag out of prison early is not far fetched
Let me be clear. I voted for trump. Biden has made me despise democrats, ok. I’m not a liberal, I’m not a rino. But use your fucking brain. Don’t give Trump credit for things he had nothing to do with (Madigan prosecution) and for things he still hasn’t done, you know like making Chicago ground zero for the long overdue mass deportations.
I just read an interview where Homan was complaining about activists interfering with their work in Aurora Colorado, where they expected to get something like 300 Venezuelan gang members on their list and they got only 10. So Holman says (yet again) “we’re going to start charging people for interfering”. QUIT FUCKING SAYING IT AND DO IT!!!
In addition he says “with all these leaks we’re going to have to stop embedding media in our raids”. You think asshole? This isn’t an episode of fucking Cops. You can’t trust any media. Do the fucking deportations and quit worrying about photo ops. We’ll know you’re succeeding when you actually start putting thousands of them on flights.
What about Danny Solis, he needs his pension revoked also.
Take it easy cowboy. He may be a perjurer but he not on the Brady List. There’s a Michael Bartz. You may have his dumb ass confused with Michael Barz.
What do they mean his pension is suspended? If he serves any time is it reinstated upon completion?
Just watch her for five minutes....she'll dig one out. She was caught on TV digging and people who worked around her said she also has that habit.
No. I think they’re saying suspended in case there’s any successful appeals. But if his conviction stands he’ll never get it back.
The judge assigned to Kenny Johnson was appointed by Obama hence zero accountability
Why is Madigans pension “suspended” and not revoked , he’s a convicted felon…??? Chicagoland bullshit once again.
FOP 7, another shady bunch who forgets you the moment you stop paying them dues. Buncha opportunists.
Who said that?
checks are sent out on the 1st of the month - he wasn't convicted at that time.
Here’s something I completely forgot. Once politicians leave office they can use their campaign funds for personal use, I don’t know if it’s for anything. It can definitely be for legal fees. So this prick hasn’t had to pay anything out of pocket for legal fees that are surely in the million, it’s all come out of his campaign funds. And I think I read somewhere people were still contributing even after he left office,
If only we had a pension expert to answer our questions, somebody who was on the constitutional convention that protected them so they can never be changed without a constitutional amendment which he wrote the rules for so that nothing the legislature doesn’t approve of can ever be on the ballot. Somebody who’s known for playing chess when everybody else is playing checkers.
Fuck now you have me worried. This prick probably rigged the rule ps so he’ll get it.
But you know what I just found out. This prick has payed all his legal fees with his campaign funds. Millions of dollars and millions more. When they leave office they can keep those funds and use them for personal use. I don’t know if it’s completely unlimited. Don’t know if he can pay it into his commissary account at club fed so that he can pay off all those white collar criminals to keep them from raping him.
I believe this is why it’s “suspended” and not forfeited. Technically he’s not a felon until sentencing. I’m learned that from Trump’s cases. That’s why Trump fought tooth and nail to avoid sentencing on the ones he was convicted of before the election. But this is from a story ON WTTW.
“ Illinois courts have held that the conviction of a felony occurs on the date in which a court enters judgment and imposes a sentence on the conviction,” the AG’s office said in an email. “It is our office’s longstanding policy not to issue opinions on the felony forfeiture of pension benefits until after sentencing has occurred.”
I think you’re right. That’s why it’s only “suspended” now.
On the RICO criminal organization charge they said that. Supposedly on that charge, the most complex and heaviest one, they were all 11 not guilty to 1 guilty. The 1 guilty was never going to change their mind so that’s why that one was a deadlock.
Legally pension can’t be revoked until he’s sentenced. So it actually sounds like in this case Raul is doing the right thing by suspending it so no more payments can’t be clawed back go out before they get around to sentencing him months down the line.
Wow. I hope Madigan doesn't get depressed or suffer from bi-polar disorder, like Jesse Jackass Jr.
How Jesse Jackson Jr. collects $138,400 a year from the federal government
Most of that — about $100,000 — is workers' compensation and tax-free, according to Chicago lawyer Barry Schatz, who is representing Jackson in his divorce proceeding.
The rest of Jackson's benefits are Social Security Disability Insurance payments, some of which may be taxable, Schatz said.
The payments flow to Jackson because he has bipolar disorder and depression — the issues that led to an extended leave from Congress in 2012 — and those conditions have been exacerbated by a "very difficult, contentious divorce" from former Chicago Alderman Sandi Jackson, Schatz said.
"Whatever benefits Jesse Jackson Jr. has, he earned them, and as a matter of law, he's entitled to them," the lawyer said. "If the government thought he wasn't entitled to them, they wouldn't be paying them."
https://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/how-jesse-jackson-jr-collects-138400-a-year-from-the-federal-government/2314241/
His campaign and political finds he controls had 8 million in them. He’s already spent 4 million on legal fees with more to come. And people were contributing during the trial.
I stand corrected. Just read another interview with that guy and his initial reaction on all charges was “government overreach”. But then they dived in and worked through them all and said they found a balance between guilty and government overreach.
This article has a good overview of all the court cases and appeals and how it’s getting harder for the government to win corruption cases. I know they have a firewall, but you can usually get a whole year of trib for $1 or $3 depending on how desperate they currently are. I hate to support them but for local news they’re a little better than the far left suntimes. I gave them an email alias that forwards to my real email. In case they started spamming me I could just stop the forwarding and their emails would never get to me. But even though it’s still set to forward I’ve only received one email from them. I’m think I went into the account settings and turned off all emails except account related and they seem to be honoring that. Anyway this story has a good overview.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/17/mixed-verdict-in-madigan-case-reflects-a-new-harder-reality-for-federal-prosecutors/
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