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    MADIGAN PLEADS ‘NOT GUILTY’ TO 22-COUNT CORRUPTION INDICTMENT

    March 15, 2022 // Besides illegal corruption, Madigan engaged in legal corruption with government worker unions in which he oversaw decades of generous benefits and pay in exchange for $10 million in contributions to campaign committees he controlled. The results have been the nation’s worst pension debt, which grew 753% during his reign.

    Ald. Danny Solis assistant professor benefits and pay bribery Chicago 25th Ward Chinatown property Co-defendant contributions to campaign committees Covid David Parker Dirksen Federal Courthouse Dylan Sharkey extortion federal criminal charges federal racketeering government worker unions Illinois Constitution. Amendment 1 Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan Illinois politics Michael McClain not guilty plea pension debt public unions St. Xavier University tax law firm U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakely unions