CHICAGO — Former House Speaker Michael J. Madigan was sentenced Friday to 7 1/2 years in prison in his corruption case, capping a stunning fall for the once powerful politician.

Madigan also was convicted on six out of seven counts - including wire fraud and Travel Act violations — regarding a plan to get ex-Ald. Daniel Solis , a key FBI mole who testified at length in ...

Ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan sentenced to 7 1/2 years in a sweeping Illinois corruption case involving bribery and ComEd. A historic political downfall.

The judge who sentenced Michael Madigan to 7 1/2 years in prison said the former Illinois House speaker's testimony was “a nauseating display of perjury and evasion” that was “hard to watch ...

Ultimately, it took the extraordinary cooperation of then-Ald. Daniel Solis, including wearing a hidden wire in meetings with Madigan, along with an FBI wiretap on Madigan’s longtime confidant ...

Madigan also was convicted on six out of seven counts — including wire fraud and Travel Act violations — regarding a plan to get ex-Ald. Daniel Solis, a key FBI mole who testified at length in ...

Lobbyist Nancy Kimme, a Republican with connections in the administration of then-Gov. Bruce Rauner, called a longtime confidant of Democratic House Speaker Michael Michael Madigan to talk it through.

(The Center Square) – Although former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was expected to pay a $2. 5 million fine quickly, his time in prison won’t begin until at least October.