When Michael McClain retired from lobbying in 2015, he told then-House Speaker Madigan he was "at the bridge with my musket standing with and for the Madigan family." McClain's fealty to Madigan ...

McClain attorney Patrick Cotter, meanwhile, argued on Tuesday his client was a diligent — if sometimes “blunt” and “earthy” — lobbyist who never agreed to or knew about any bribery scheme.

Prosecution and defense attorneys delivered opening statements Wednesday in the trial of two Aurora, Colorado, police officers who arrested Elijah McClain, an unarmed 23-year-old Black man who ...

Officially it’s known as Case No. 22-cr-115, the United States v. Michael Madigan and Michael McClain. Unofficially, it’s one of the biggest public corruption cases ever brought in Illinois ...

Jury deliberations are set to resume Thursday morning in the trial of two Colorado police officers who arrested Elijah McClain, an unarmed 23-year-old Black man who died in 2019 after being ...

Jared McClain Four innocent people went to jail, including the co-owner of a local newspaper and one of her reporters. Now the victims are fighting back with a lawsuit for violating their ...

CASE TITLE: United States v. McClain, et al. CASE NUMBER: 20 CR 812 ACTIVITY: Telephone Conversation between Michael McClain and Michael Madigan DATE: Sept. 5, 2018 TIME: 1:40 p.m. SESSION NUMBER ...

Madigan, 82, a Southwest Side Democrat, and his longtime confidant, Michael McClain, 77, of downstate Quincy, are charged in ...

Madigan's co-defendant Michael McClain's defense gave closing arguments Tuesday in the corruption trial of the former IL speaker.

And it was during those roiling protests that Colorado’s Democratic Gov. Jared Polis also took interest in McClain’s story and made the unheard-of move in appointing a special prosecutor ...

Randy Roedema leaves the courtroom after he was convicted of charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain after a trial in the Adams County, Colo., courthouse on Oct. 12, 2023, in Brighton, Colo ...

When Michael McClain retired from lobbying in 2015, he told then-House Speaker Madigan he was "at the bridge with my musket standing with and for the Madigan family." ...