Once the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history, Michael Madigan took the stand Tuesday at his own corruption trial, a shocking move for a man once considered the most powerful politician in Illinois.
The former Illinois House speaker's trial has lasted three months revealing meticulous details on the Chicago Democrat’s many alleged schemes in both his public roles and private work as a tax attorney. That has included hours of secretly-recorded videos and calls from a former alderman turned FBI mole.
