Former Illinois House Speaker Sentenced to 7.5 Years in Prison in Landmark Corruption Case

Michael Madigan, once the nation’s longest-serving state legislative leader, has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison on federal bribery and wire fraud convictions, thus bringing to a close one of the largest corruption cases in recent Illinois history.

U.S. District Judge John Blakey handed down the sentence Friday, four months after the former Illinois House speaker was convicted of 10 felony charges.

Blakey found that Madigan acted as the “central command post” of the largest bribery scheme he was accused in involving utility giant Commonwealth Edison, and repeatedly perjured himself while testifying at trial in an attempt to conceal his guilt and mislead the jury.

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