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Madigan’s lawyers also accused the U.S. attorney’s office of “throwing years’ worth of legislative action and political relationships at the jury in the hopes of making something stick.”

Chicago Tribune

Ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan appeals corruption conviction, says feds criminalized state politics

Three weeks after former House Speaker Michael Madigan reported to federal prison, his lawyers have filed a long-awaited appeal to overturn his corruption conviction, arguing the prosecution flaunted recent Supreme Court rulings reining in the use of the bribery and fraud statutes and instead stretched the laws “past their breaking points.”

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