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Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan Indicted On Federal Racketeering Charges
By CBS 2 Chicago Staff
March 2, 2022 at 4:58 pm
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CHICAGO (CBS/AP) — Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has been indicted on federal racketeering charges.

Madigan, 79, is charged with 22 counts. They include racketeering conspiracy and individual counts of using interstate facilities in aid of bribery, wire fraud, and attempted extortion.

U.S. Attorney John Lausch announced Wednesday that a federal grand jury returned the indictment on Wednesday. He was accused of racketeering and bribery, on claims that he used his official position to solicit personal financial gains for himself and his associates.  ...

“Madigan and McClain unlawfully requested that various companies with interest in state legislation, including utility company Commonwealth Edison, paid Madigan’s associates as a reward for their loyalty to Madigan; at times in return for performing little to no legitimate work for those businesses,” Lausch said. “The indictment also accuses Madigan of engaging in multiple schemes to secure business for his law firm, including work from parties with business before the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago.”  ...
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Kind of interesting, in light of this TBR thread from last year about Biden forcing Lausch to quit because Joe didn't want him going after Madigan and his cronies. Looks like Lausch could not be intimidated, and he's back.  :shrug:
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Here's another 2021 thread about some of Madigan's associates being indicted.
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Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan Indicted On Federal Racketeering Charges
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YIKES! Ya really gotta wonder WHOSE toes he stepped on.

This is practically unheard of in murikan politicks.
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Former House Speaker Michael Madigan indicted in political corruption probe
Madigan is now one of the most significant politicians in Illinois history ever to face criminal charges, despite having left office more than a year ago.
By Jon Seidel
 March 02, 2022 03:07 PM
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The bombshell federal racketeering indictment of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan alleges the once-powerful Democrat met with then-Governor-elect J.B. Pritzker amid a scheme to get corrupt Chicago Ald. Danny Solis a lucrative state board position after Solis’ retirement from the Council.

That scheme is just one of those outlined in the 106-page indictment that accuses Madigan of leading a criminal enterprise for nearly a decade. It also alleges schemes involving ComEd and a parcel of land in Chinatown.

The indictment does not accuse Pritzker, also a Democrat, of wrongdoing, a point that U.S. Attorney John Lausch emphasized at a news conference Wednesday to announce the Madigan indictment. ...

The Chicago Sun-Times first revealed in 2019 that the feds had recorded Madigan as early as 2014 at his private law firm, during a meeting with then-Ald. Danny Solis and a developer hoping to build a hotel in Chinatown. In a 2016 federal court affidavit exclusively obtained by the Sun-Times, an FBI agent alleged that Solis agreed to use his public office to provide “private benefits” to Madigan.  ...

Meanwhile, Lausch was also nearly forced out of office early last year in a sweep by President Joe Biden of top federal prosecutors nominated by former President Donald Trump. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth won Lausch a rare reprieve so he could keep his job until his successor is confirmed and to “conclude sensitive investigations.” ...
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Hope he gets shanked in prison.

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Prosecutor who indicted ex-Illinois speaker makes ominous warning: corruption probe not over

U.S. Attorney John Lausch, a holdover from the Trump administration leading the bribery case, says "I’ve defined our problem as a very stubborn one.”

 The Center Square Staff

By Greg Bishop
Updated: March 3, 2022 - 10:52pm

The U.S. attorney who secured a 22-count indictment against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan says there's more work to be done.

Northern District of Illinois U.S. Attorney John Lausch, a holdover from the Trump administration, stayed on after President Joe Biden took office at the behest of U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Springfield.

As other U.S. attorneys that former President Donald Trump selected were leaving their posts to make way for Biden appointees, Durbin said Lausch was involved in important investigations and should remain.

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Thank goodness Lausch was able to hang onto his job. You know darn well that no Biden-appointed US Atty would have pursued these cases.
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Mountaineer observed:
"Thank goodness Lausch was able to hang onto his job. You know darn well that no Biden-appointed US Atty would have pursued these cases."

Methinks there may be a phone call to The Party's head office, and Mr. Lausch could be gettin' his walking papers before you can say "democrat-communist" !!