In a stunning and risky move, former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan (D), once the state’s most powerful politician, took the witness stand in his corruption trial, while offering repeated and emphatic denials that he ever betrayed his elected position, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Michael Madigan Takes the Stand In His Corruption Trial
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