In surprising move, former longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has taken the stand at his own corruption trial

Ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan is set to return to the stand Wednesday morning, continuing testimony that will surely be some of the most crucial and closely examined of the bombshell public corruption trial.

Madigan and his co-defendant – longtime confidant Michael McClain – are on trial on racketeering and bribery charges​.

Ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan is set to return to the stand Wednesday morning, continuing testimony that will surely be some of the most crucial and closely examined of the bombshell public corruption trial.

During his testimony, Mike Madigan denied any involvement in a quid pro quo arrangement with former Alderman Danny Solis, who is a key government witness in the case.

Mike Madigan and Mike McClain have known each other since they both were state representatives in the 1970s, but their decades of friendship is now strained in the face of multiple corruption charges.

The former Illinois House Speaker returns to the witness stand Wednesday after giving a three-hour testimony the day before.

Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan was back on the witness stand on Wednesday, for a second day of questioning in his federal corruption trial.

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has returned to the witness stand as he faces federal corruption charges in Chicago. Madigan began direct testimony Tuesday afternoon at the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.