It’s unclear what prompted the departure of Assistant U.S. Attorney Amarjeet Bhachu. The news comes in the early days of ...

The lead federal prosecutor in the corruption trial of ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is stepping down.

A corruption-busting prosecutor with a 20-year track record of winning major cases will step down from his job with the ...

A federal judge Monday granted a new trial on some counts in the “ComEd Four” case involving former House Speaker Michael ...

Michael J. Madigan spent decades building a political empire rivaled in Illinois history only by his most storied peers, rising to become the longtime speaker of the state’s House of ...

A federal judge on Monday granted a partial retrial on several bribery counts in the case of four former executives and ...

Standing trial alongside Madigan was longtime confidant Michael McClain, who prosecutors called Madigan’s “mouthpiece.” Jurors deadlocked on all of the counts McClain faced. McClain, a onetime state ...

However, a day after the Madigan verdict, the U.S. attorney’s office abruptly filed a motion to drop the charges “based on the jury’s finding in Mitziga’s trial, and, upon review of the go ...

Madigan, 82, and McClain ... The jury also was deadlocked on all six counts against McClain. Acting Chicago U.S. Attorney Morris Pasqual called the jury's verdict "a historic conviction, which ...

U.S. District Judge Manish Shah left intact the conspiracy conviction and other counts against the four defendants, convicted ...

The search for Chicago's next U.S. attorney comes amid a widespread shakeup in the Justice Department under President Trump.