Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, foreground, leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Jan. 3, 2024, after a hearing before U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey over whether Madigan's landmark trial should be postponed pending a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court in another Chicago-area bribery case. Speaker Michael Madigan arrives for the Illinois House Democratic caucus during a spring session of the General Assembly at the Illinois Capitol in Springfield in 2019.
“The court reiterates the importance of maintaining the current trial date , and notes that it would not be in the interest of justice to litigate motions regarding the current indictment if the grand jury might issue a new charging instrument,” Blakey wrote. The motions to dismiss certain counts have been pending before Blakey for more than a year, in part because the Snyder decision was looming.
Madigan, 82, who led the state Democratic Party for more than two decades and served a record 36 years as the leader of the Housewith participating in an array of bribery and extortion schemes from 2011 to 2019 aimed at using the power of his public office for personal and political gain. That same alleged scheme forms the backbone of the indictment against Madigan and McClain, outlining a plan by the utility giant to pay thousands of dollars to lobbyists favored by Madigan in order to win his influence over legislation the company wanted passed in Springfield. The indictment alleges that AT&T Illinois also participated in a similar scheme to influence the speaker.
Solis, who unbeknownst to Madigan was an FBI mole, made it clear he’d helped bring law business to Madigan and wanted something in return once he retired from City Hall, perhaps a position with the Commerce Commission or Labor Relations Board, which Solis said were both “very generous in their compensation,” according to federal prosecutors.
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