Filings delayed in convicted ex-Illinois House speaker’s appeal

(The Center Square) – While former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan spends the final days of 2025 behind bars, the next filings in Madigan’s appeal of his corruption convictions are expected in late January and February.

Madigan began serving a 7.5-year prison term Oct. 13 at a minimum security prison camp in Morgantown, West Virginia. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the 83-year-old ex-speaker’s current scheduled release date is Feb. 22, 2032.