The first panels of potential jurors within the corruption trial of Michael Madigan are anticipated to start in-person questioning Wednesday, kicking off the subsequent part of jury choice within the high-stakes corruption case.
Roughly 180 potential jurors from round Northeast Illinois already stuffed out written questionnaires as a part of preliminary screening. Attorneys and U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey might be asking them questions in particular person by way of the tip of the week, or till a full jury has been chosen.
Madigan, as soon as the highly effective speaker of the Illinois House, faces racketeering expenses alleging he ran his state and political operations like a prison enterprise whereas utility giants ComEd and AT&T put his cronies on contracts requiring little or no work.
Madigan and co-defendant Michael McClain, a former ComEd lobbyist, have pleaded not responsible and denied wrongdoing. The trial will doubtless stretch into December.
Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan walks throughout Dearborn Street towards the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Oct. 2, 2024, for the ultimate in-person listening to earlier than his Oct. 8 trial begins. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)
Former Speaker of the Illinois House Michael Madigan is seen throughout a break in his listening to held at Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Sept. 16, 2024. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, second from left, arrives on the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago along with his authorized protection crew on July 16, 2024, for a listening to on pretrial motions in his racketeering case. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, foreground, leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Jan. 3, 2024. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)
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Former Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan arrives to his workplace in Chicago on Oct. 18, 2021.
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Former Illinois Speaker Michael Madigan departs from his legal professionals’ workplace, March 9, 2022, after making his first digital courtroom look for his indictment.
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Speaker Michael Madigan arrives for the Illinois House Democratic caucus throughout a spring session of the General Assembly on the Illinois Capitol in Springfield in 2019.
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Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan walks on his second-floor patio at his Chicago residence on March 3, 2022.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan listens Dec. 3, 2013, after introducing a invoice to overtake the state authorities employee pension system.
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Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan after a gathering with Gov.-elect Bruce Rauner and Senate President John Cullerton in Chicago on Nov. 13, 2014.
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After a gathering with then-Gov. Bruce Rauner (not proven), Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan prepares to deal with the media on the State of Illinois Building in Chicago on Dec. 6, 2016.
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Speaker Michael Madigan stands over lawmakers on the House flooring earlier than Gov. J.B. Pritzker delivers his first price range deal with Feb. 20, 2019, on the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan solutions questions at a press availability Jan. 24, 2012, after he addressed the fifth annual Elmhurst College Governmental Forum.
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Michael Madigan arrives to his West Lawn residence on March 2, 2022 earlier than it was introduced he was indicted on federal racketeering expenses.
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A broadcast information reporter knocks on the door on the residence of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan within the West Lawn neighborhood on March 2, 2022, in Chicago.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan introduces the pension reform invoice Dec. 3, 2013.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan, left, speaks with House Majority Leader Rep. Greg Harris earlier than Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s price range deal with in Springfield on Feb. 19, 2020.
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Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan talks throughout a gathering the place his alternative, Angie Guerrero-Cuellar, was chosen Feb. 25, 2021, on the Balzekas Museum in West Lawn.
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Speaker of the House Michael Madigan leaves after the Democratic Caucus on May 31, 2017.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan talks with state Rep. Elaine Nekritz as they put together to current a state pension reform plan to the Personnel and Pensions Committee on May 29, 2012.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan, middle, listens after chatting with the Personnel and Pensions Committee assembly May 26, 2011.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan convenes the House on June 26, 2004.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan listens to the controversy about Resolution 1650, which he co-sponsored, as the method of impeaching Gov. Rod Blagojevich begins Dec. 15, 2008.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan watches because the Illinois House votes on a invoice elevating statewide minimal wage throughout a session on the State Capitol in Springfield on Feb. 14, 2019.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan leaves his Capitol workplace Feb. 28, 2013.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan, from left, Gov. Pat Quinn and Senate chief John Cullerton sit subsequent to 1 one other Aug 19, 2009, at Governor’s Day on the Illinois State Fair.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan waits for official discover from the Senate that they’ve voted to kind a convention committee throughout a particular session in Springfield on June 19, 2013.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan, left, celebrates with state Rep. Jay Hoffman on July 24, 2004, after each homes of the legislature handed the 2005 price range after going 51 days into particular session.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan, left, and Senate President John Cullerton confer March 18, 2009, as Gov. Pat Quinn delivers his proposal for the 2010 state price range within the House.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan greets AFSCME’s Henry Bayer together with different opposition members earlier than he presents a state pension reform plan to the Personnel and Pensions Committee on May 29, 2012.
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Newly elected House GOP Leader Tom Cross, left, and House Speaker Michael Madigan chat Nov. 21, 2002, earlier than the beginning of session on the Capitol in Springfield.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan shares the stage with Gov. Rod Blagojevich and state Sen. Debbie Halvorson, D-Chicago Heights, on Aug. 15, 2007, on the Democratic rally on the Illinois State Fairgrounds for Governor’s Day in Springfield.
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Speaker of the House Michael Madigan on his seventieth birthday on the House flooring on the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield on April 19, 2012.
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Gov. Rod Blagojevich, from left, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and House Speaker Michael Madigan take pleasure in Democratic Day on Aug. 16, 2006, on the Illinois State Fair in Springfield
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House Speaker Michael Madigan speaks Aug. 17, 2017, on the annual Democratic Chairman’s Brunch in Springfield.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan, left, introduces newly elected Gov. Rod Blagojevich within the House gallery in Springfield on Dec. 4, 2002.
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Speaker Michael Madigan oversees House proceedings Jan. 6, 2011, on the state Capitol.
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Michael Madigan, then speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, within the Capitol constructing in Springfield on Jan. 24, 2017.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, left, greets supporters as they arrive for the thirty second Annual Democratic Evening on the Lake fundraiser May 8, 2012, at Island Bay Yacht Club in Springfield
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Speaker Michael Madigan on the ground because the Illinois House of Representatives convenes on the Bank of Springfield Center on Jan. 8, 2021.
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Rod Blagojevich, middle, shakes fingers with Michael Madigan after his speech on the Illinois State Fair on Aug. 15, 2002.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan, proper, tries to get the eye of the performing speaker June 24, 2004, with the assistance of his spokesman, Steve Brown, left.
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Michael Madigan chatting with the media on June 30, 2015.
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Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and his spouse, Illinois Arts Council Agency Chairwoman Shirley Madigan, kiss after she testified in assist of the Obama presidential library being positioned in Chicago on April 17, 2014.
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Gov. Pat Quinn, from left, House Speaker Michael Madigan, Ald. Ed Burke, and state Sen. Martin Sandoval attend a groundbreaking for a brand new UNO highschool July 12, 2012, in Chicago.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan, middle, alongside along with his analysis and appropriations director, John Lowder, left, and state Rep. Elaine Nekritz, D-Northbrook, presents a state pension reform plan to the Personnel and Pensions Committee on May 29, 2012.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan congratulates Gov. J.B. Pritzker after Pritzker’s first price range deal with on the Illinois State Capitol in 2019.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan talks to Rep. Carol Sente on Dec. 3, 2013, after a vote on a invoice to overtake the state authorities employee pension system.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan and his spouse, Shirley, be part of supporters as their daughter Lisa Madigan kicks off her marketing campaign for state lawyer normal Dec. 2, 2001.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan talks with House Republican Leader Jim Durkin earlier than a debate at Illinois House to vote on a invoice elevating statewide minimal wage throughout a session on the State Capitol in Springfield on Feb. 14, 2019.
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Michael Madigan and daughter Nicole tour the Science Academy of Chicago throughout its grand opening occasion March 8, 2013, in Mount Prospect.
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Senate President John Cullerton and House Speaker Michael Madigan speak to the media after assembly with Gov. Bruce Rauner on the final day of the Illinois General Assembly on the State Capitol in Springfield on May 31, 2016.
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Speaker Michael Madigan works the ground because the Illinois House convenes on the Bank of Springfield Center on Jan. 8, 2021.
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Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka, middle, talks with House Speaker Michael Madigan and his spouse, Shirley, through the inaugural ceremony for constitutional officers on Jan. 10, 2011.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton on the ground of the General Assembly in Springfield on June 16, 2015.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan, left, greets Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Aug. 18, 2004, through the Governor’s Day Rally on the Illinois State Fairgrounds.
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, from left, Secretary of State Jesse White, Gov. Pat Quinn and House Speaker Michael Madigan are represented within the roll name vote for Barack Obama on the Democratic National Convention on Sept. 5, 2012, in Charlotte, N.C.
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Gov. Pat Quinn, left, and House Speaker Michael Madigan testify on marketing campaign finance reform May 29, 2009, in entrance of a House committee on the Capitol in Springfield.
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As Illinois legislators continued work on a state price range, House Speaker Michael Madigan took time to attend an AFL-CIO labor rally April 24, 2002, on the Capitol.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan, left, and Senate President John Cullerton confer earlier than Gov. Pat Quinn delivers his price range deal with to a mixed session of the Illinois Legislature on Feb. 16, 2011.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan through the General Assembly fall session on Dec. 3, 2014.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan seems on the ground because the Illinois House convenes on the Bank of Springfield Center on Jan. 8, 2021. Lawmakers returned for a lame-duck session that marks the primary time they convened in Springfield since a May particular session.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan, proper, talks with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel in Gov. Pat Quinn’s workplace July 26, 2011, on the James R. Thompson Center.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan heads a committee listening to in January 2007 concerning a fee hike requested by ComEd.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan, proper, talks with Earl Oliver, president and govt secretary-treasurer of the Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters, in Oliver’s workplace on Oct. 16, 1998.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan talks in regards to the price range after assembly with the governor May 24, 2001, on the state Capitol in Springfield.
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Senate President John Cullerton, left, and House Speaker Michael Madigan inform a reporter there isn’t any unhealthy blood between them after a gathering with Gov. Pat Quinn on June 10, 2013, to debate pension reform laws.
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Gov. Rod Blagojevich greets House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senate President Emil Jones on Feb. 16, 2005, earlier than his speech delivering his price range to a joint session within the House chambers.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan listens to a debate on the House flooring in 2019.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan within the State Capitol constructing in Springfield on Jan. 24, 2017.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan, proper, chats with Senate President John Cullerton earlier than Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner offers his State of the State speech on the Illinois State Capitol on Jan. 31, 2018 in Springfield.
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Minority Leader Tom Cross, left, joined by Speaker Michael Madigan, presents pension reform laws Dec. 15, 2011, earlier than the House Personnel and Pensions Committee.
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is applauded by House Speaker Michael Madigan Sept. 5, 2012, as he finishes talking on the Illinois delegation breakfast in Charlotte, N.C.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan holds a information convention on the Capitol in Springfield on June 30, 2015.
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Gov. George Ryan, left, main a delegation of enterprise, cultural and humanitarian leaders together with senior state officers on a visit to Cuba, joins in lunch dialog on the aircraft Oct. 23, 1999, with House Speaker Michael Madigan.
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Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, left, chats with House Speaker Michael Madigan as they appear over the newly renovated House chambers May 16, 2007, in Springfield.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan chats with Rep. Calvin Giles on March 24, 2004, throughout a listening to in regards to the governor’s plan to take over the Illinois State Board of Education.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan acknowledges applause from Sen. Debbie Halvorson, foreground, and the remainder of the Senate on May 31, 2003, on the state Capitol.
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Speaker Michael Madigan on the House flooring May 31, 2013.
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House Speaker Michael Madigan walks by way of the state Capitol in Springfield on Dec. 3, 2013, to vote on a invoice to overtake the state authorities employee pension system.
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Gov. James Thompson, from left, poses with House Speaker Michael Madigan and Mayor Harold Wahington on Oct. 19, 1983, earlier than their assembly on the Regional Transportation Authority. They are attempting to succeed in a deal on reorganization of the company in change for a $75 million state subsidy.
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House Speaker George Ryan, from left, Senate President Phillip Rock, Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne, Sen. James Pate Philip and House Minority Leader Michael Madigan on June 4, 1981.
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Gov. James Thompson, proper, and House Speaker Michael Madigan in Madigan’s workplace to work out faculty reform on July 1, 1988, in Springfield.
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Committeeman Michael Madigan, thirteenth Ward, speaks earlier than the park board July 28, 1970.
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Committeeman Michael Madigan, circa 1970.
Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan walks throughout Dearborn Street towards the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Oct. 2, 2024, for the ultimate in-person listening to earlier than his Oct. 8 trial begins. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)
What was anticipated to be a routine listening to Tuesday to cope with housekeeping issues led to a brand new revelation. Alaina Hampton, whose sexual harassment allegations in opposition to a thirteenth Ward insider set in movement a sequence of occasions that led to Madigan’s ouster, will take the stand as a prosecution witness, attorneys stated.
However, jurors won’t hear in regards to the substance of the allegations. Hampton as a substitute will doubtless testify about her experiences working within the Southwest Side ward, which was Madigan’s base of energy.
Jury choice has been a topic of a lot curiosity in pretrial hearings. Defense attorneys, citing years of assault provides by Republicans and large pretrial publicity, needed to rent an organization to analysis jurors’ Internet presences so legal professionals might display screen for indicators of bias. Blakey rejected that request.
However, through the jury choice interval, attorneys might be allowed to do fundamental Internet searches in regards to the potential jurors and their public social media postings.
