Ex-speaker discusses ‘bandits’ comment, ‘knife into Cullerton’

Published January 15, 2025 10:45am ET



(The Center Square) – Assistant U.S. Attorney Amar Bhachu has completed the government’s cross-examination of Michael Madigan at the former Illinois House speaker’s bribery and racketeering trial in Chicago.

Madigan testified that he helped draft the Illinois Constitution and voted in favor of bribery, misconduct and legislative misconduct statutes, in addition to amendments to those statutes.

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