Feds: Ex-Speaker Madigan indicted on 22 counts

[PJay]

SPRINGFIELD – Longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has been indicted by a federal grand jury on 22 counts for allegedly using his position as the top House Democrat to solicit “personal financial rewards” for himself and others, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Northern District of Illinois.

UPDATED: Ex-Speaker Madigan indicted on 22 public corruption counts

By JERRY NOWICKI PETER HANCOCK BETH HUNDSDORFER & GRACE KINNICUTT Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury on 22 counts for allegedly using his position as the top House...

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[spr1975wshs]

I'm shocked, shocked to read this, after having lived in Illinois from 1996 - 2012

 

[DaSDGuy]

The american dream. Drinking chocolate milk in their 8a subsidized house with the black picket fence.

 

[Monello]

Good to see that politically, not much has changed in Illinois over the decades. People don't like change.