‘He should have worked.’ Defendant Madigan testifies about ‘no-work’ job allegations

Published January 8, 2025 9:11am ET



(The Center Square) – Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has completed his first day of testimony at the longtime Chicago Democrat’s corruption trial at the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse.

The courtroom crowd grew quickly when defense attorney Dan Collins called Madigan to testify Tuesday afternoon. Former Illinois Govs. Rod Blagojevich and George Ryan did not testify at their corruption trials, but the former speaker walked up to the witness stand with no apparent hesitation after waiving his right to not testify.

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