Ex-Madigan aide sentenced to 30 months in prison for obstruction of justice attempt, perjury
Judge tells Mapes his ‘loyalty was greatly misguided’ in lying to grand jury investigating former speaker
Mapes Trial
UPDATED: Jury convicts Madigan’s longtime chief of staff on perjury, obstruction of justice charges
A federal jury has convicted the once-top aide to former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, finding Tim Mapes guilty on ...
Jurors to decide whether ex-Madigan aide had memory lapse or chose ‘loyalty over truth’
After a nearly three-week trial that pulled back the curtain on the inner workings of former Illinois House Speaker Michael ...
As perjury trial draws to close, ex-Madigan aide leans on memory science, wife in defense
In more than two weeks of his obstruction of justice and perjury trial, one fact about the longtime chief of ...
Former lawmaker testifies Madigan confidant urged him to resign at behest of speaker
In the fall of 2018, then-state Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie, thought he might have been in line for a big ...
Ex-Madigan aide was warned several times that lying to grand jury would result in perjury charges
Nearly six months after former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was forced to fire his longtime chief of staff, those ...
Emails shown at trial detail Madigan world’s response to 2018 sexual harassment scandal
In early 2018, longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was facing a sexual harassment scandal that his closest advisors worried ...
‘The feds are still after me and our Friend:’ jury sees email exchanges between Madigan confidants
After the FBI raided his western Illinois home in May 2019, Mike McClain – an influential lobbyist and close confidant ...
‘No cell phone, no email’: Ex-FBI agent testifies Madigan relied on ‘tight inner circle’
Longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was elevated to that powerful position in 1983 – the same year Motorola launched ...
In perjury trial, Madigan’s ex-chief of staff will test limits of loyalty
In the summer of 2018, Tim Mapes’ name had only recently faded from unflattering headlines after he was forced to ...
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