Once lauded as thelongest-serving legislative leader in American history, Michael Madigan will enter a federal courtroom this week on charges he used his vast influence to run a “criminal enterprise” to amass even more wealth and power.

Tuesday is Day One of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's and co-defendant Michael McClain’s trial on racketeering and bribery charges.

The 82-year-old is charged in a multimillion-dollar racketeering and bribery scheme that included the state’s largest utility, ComEd.

Michael Madigan's federal corruption trial is scheduled to begin this week. Jury selection will start on Tuesday and could take up to four days.

After investigating Illinois' former House Speaker Michael Madigan for more than a decade, prosecutors need to convince a jury that he is guilty of a multi-year racketeering and bribery scheme. Federal prosecutors face at least two new challenges that didn't factor into a string of recent corruption convictions related to the

The much anticipated trial of former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan is set to get underway with jury selection on Tuesday. Madigan, who was long considered one of the most powerful politicians in Illinois.

Jury selection begins this week in the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, whose half-century career and status as Illinois’ most powerful politician ended nearly four years ago as the feds circled ever closer to his inner circle.