Dick Simpson was expected to explain how the political machine was founded in Chicago around the time of the Great Chicago Fire, that it evolved over time and that it dominated Democratic politics here since 1933.
The highly anticipated racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan has been set for April 1, 2024.In a rare setback for federal prosecutors in an upcoming public corruption trial, a judge has blocked the testimony of a prominent political science professor who was expected to explain the history of theU.S.
Leinenweber didn’t buy it. In a seven-page ruling Wednesday, the judge wrote that he did "not find that the subject of this proposed testimony is so enigmatic to require expert testimony.""Neither does the court see how testimony of the history of the Chicago Machine helps the jury determine a fact at issue in this present case," Leinenweber wrote.
The ruling Wednesday was just one of several Leinenweber is expected to hand down in the days before the trial, set to begin Tuesday. In the defendants’ chairs will be longtime Madigan confidant Michael McClain, former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore, ex-ComEd lobbyist John Hooker and onetime City Club President Jay Doherty.
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