Former Madigan aide to face cross-examination in bribery trial of ex-AT&T Illinois boss
Longtime Springfield insider Tom Cullen will face cross-examination Monday in the trial of a former AT&T Illinois boss accused of bribing House Speaker Michael Madigan by funneling payments the speaker’s ally through Cullen’s lobbying firm.
Former top political aide to Speaker Madigan testifies in bribery trial of ex-AT&T boss
Longtime lobbyist Tom Cullen said he was just trying to be a “team player” when he agreed in 2017 to take on former state Rep. Eddie Acevedo as an off-the-books consultant as a favor for one of his top clients, AT&T Illinois. But Cullen, who for years ...
Judge to allow political expert to testify in Madigan corruption trial
A judge said Friday that he’ll allow a professor to testify about Chicago’s political machine at former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s upcoming corruption trial. Madigan’s defense team had asked Judge John Robert Blakey to keep University of Illinois Chicago professor Dick Simpson from taking the stand in front of a jury.
Former top political aide to Speaker Madigan testifies in bribery trial of ex-AT&T boss
A onetime top political aide to House Speaker Michael Madigan testified Friday that passing legislation to end mandated landline service was AT&T Illinois’ top priority in 2017 when they came to him with a plan to secretly pay a Madigan ally through his lobbying firm.
Calculated bribe or ‘kiss up’ to Madigan? Corruption trial kicks off for former AT&T boss
But the alleged bribe was “more sophisticated” than an envelope of cash, Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Mower told the jury in his opening statement; it involved AT&T offering a nine-month do-nothing lobbying gig worth $22,
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Jurors begin deliberations in trial of former AT&T chief accused of bribing Michael Madigan
The jury of eight women and four men began deliberating at about 2:40 p.m. Tuesday in the case of Paul La Schiazza, the ...