CHICAGO -- Federal prosecutors revealed Monday they plan to call former Chicago Ald. Danny Solis as a witness in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's corruption trial in October, months after declining to call Solis to the stand in the trial of former Ald. Ed Burke.In a lengthy court filing on Monday outlining the various evidence and witnesses prosecutors plan to present to the jury in Madigan's trial, they said they plan to call Solis to the witness stand.
'Solis is expected to testify that Madigan continued to ask Solis during his cooperation to make introductions to developers so that Madigan could secure their tax business for his law firm,' prosecutors wrote.Prosecutors said Solis also is expected to testify that he offered to introduce Madigan to the developers of the Old Post Office in downtown Chicago in exchange for Madigan helping him get an appointment to a state board.
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