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  • REMINDER: Convicted Former Illinois Speaker of House Michael Madigan Is Connected to Obama, Bill Ayers, Weissmann and Biden

    06/20/2025 11:05:29 AM PDT · by bitt · 9 replies
    https://joehoft.com/ ^ | June 20, 2025 | Joe Hoft
    Michael Madigan, connected to Obama, Bill Ayers and Andrew Weissmann, was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison this past week for corruption. Who would have predicted this? Michael Madigan ran the state of Illinois like a mobster for more than three decades. He used his power to crush anyone and any entity that dared oppose him on anything. He is the definition of a pure politician. He is now going to prison. Michael Madigan, the country’s longest-serving state House leader, served as speaker of the Illinois House from 1983 until 2021, with the exception of two years. Along the way,...
  • Biden Muscles Out Chicago Prosecutor Hot on the Heels of Powerful Dems

    02/18/2021 5:07:04 PM PST · by MarvinStinson · 29 replies
    freebeacon ^ | FEBRUARY 18, 2021 | Kevin Daley
    Lawmakers from both parties have called for John Lausch to keep his job President Joe Biden is forcing Chicago's top federal prosecutor to resign amid ongoing criminal probes of powerful Illinois Democrats and their associates. U.S. attorney John Lausch is prosecuting close confidants of Democrat boss Mike Madigan, an ally of former president Barack Obama who resigned from the state legislature Thursday after a decades-long reign in Springfield. Lausch's office will also prosecute Chicago alderman Edward Burke (D.), an influential figure accused of strong-arming businesses into retaining his law firm. Lausch's abrupt removal has drawn bipartisan criticism from Illinois lawmakers...
  • Former Madigan chief of staff indicted in ComEd corruption probe

    05/27/2021 9:59:36 AM PDT · by CheshireTheCat · 5 replies
    The Center Square ^ | May 26, 2021 | Greg Bishop
    Tim Mapes served for years under former House Speaker Michael Madigan as the clerk of the Illinois House and as Madigan’s chief of staff. Now, Mapes has been indicted on a charge of lying to a grand jury in a federal bribery probe connected to the longtime former speaker. Last summer, federal prosecutors revealed a deferred prosecution agreement ComEd entered into where the utility admitted to paying associates of Madigan in money and jobs in order to curry favor from the then-speaker. Com-Ed agreed to pay a $200 million fine and cooperate in the investigation. Madigan has not been charged...