The jury selection process in the federal corruption trial of longtime former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan began Tuesday, with a questionnaire issued to…
The jury selection process in the federal corruption trial of longtime former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan began Tuesday, with a questionnaire issued to 180 potential jurors.
Of particular concern, according to the filing, attitudes towards words like “machine” and “patronage politics.” There are also questions about the potential testimony of University of Illinois Chicago professor and former Alderman Dick Simpson who they say “criticized Madigan extensively in the 1980’s and 1990s.”
in the case of former AT&T Illinois president Paul La Schiazza, who was accused of trying to bribe the former speaker. The judge is putting off any decisions about a re-trial until he has read La Schiazza’s post-trial motions.
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