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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Jon Seidel

Michael Madigan’s attorneys seek to toss recordings, dismiss part of his indictment

Illinois’ former Speaker of the House Mike Madigan speaks during a committee hearing on the Southwest Side to decide who will take over as state representative in the 22nd House District seat, a position held by Madigan since 1971, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021. (Ashlee Rezin / Sun-Times file)

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan asked a federal judge Tuesday to toss secret recordings made by federal investigators and dismiss part of the bombshell racketeering indictment the feds spent years building against him. 

The more than 100 pages of motions filed in federal court amount to the most substantive response yet from Madigan’s defense attorneys to the aggressive public corruption investigation that swirled around him long before he was indicted in March 2022.

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