CBS 2 Legal Analyst Irv Miller said Wednesday that the indictment of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is a much bigger deal than the indictment and conviction of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
This is because of just how powerful Madigan was in Illinois.“Speaker Madigan, when he was speaker of the House of Representatives, he controlled every law – whether on any subject, whether it got passed by the General Assembly or whether it got defeated by the General Assembly. He was in many ways the de facto governor in the State of Illinois,” Miller told CBS 2’s Jim Williams and Marie Saavedra Wednesday.
The indictment claims that Madigan directed the activities of his longtime confidant Michael McClain, who in turn carried out illegal activities at the behest of Madigan. McClain is charged as a co-defendant in the indictment. Miller said a resolution to the case against Madigan in the form of a trial or plea deal is months or even years away – given how much time it takes for a case to go through federal court in the Northern District of Illinois, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. But information will be revealed in pretrial hearings, such as who is cooperating, Miller said.
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