Jim Dey: “'Tim Mapes (top aide to former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan) accepts the jury’s verdict — though he disagrees with it and continues to maintain his innocence,' his lawyers stated in their sentencing memorandum...But they also made an odd — bordering on weird — request, that Mapes be sentenced to 'time served.' That would be a credible request if Mapes had actually served any appreciable time in custody prior to his conviction. But he has not. A spokesman for the Chicago U.S. Attorney’s office speculated that Mapes’ lawyers are referring to a few hours he spent 'being processed' by U.S. marshals after his indictment. Being sentenced to 'time served' with no real time served would, of course, be the perfect political metaphor for corruption in Illinois."
Yes, but who cares. These people are all well past retirement age and political usefulness. The political machines they created were co-opted and then morphed into the progressive powerhouse that it is today. Mapes, Madigan, Mclain and Burke are irrelevant political dinosaurs. It would be best to lock them up and never forget about them again. Removing these people and their lieutenants in retrospect was kind of a false victory, because the BIPOC progressives that replaced them have been 10x worse.
Ex Illini
2 years ago
The loyalty that these individuals have to Madigan makes you wonder, doesn’t it? Here’s a man, who despite being fully immune from prosecution, chose to lie! Give him the maximum sentence.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Mapes, Madigan, Mclain and Burke all need to go to anal rape prison.
Seek help. You’re losing your humanity.
You should see what Xi has done to ‘corrupt’ politicians.
IMO da Feds should offer all of them this deal.
No prison time but a televised public flogging at Daley Plaza.
Maybe then we can stop the corrupt Dems in Illinois.
Yes, but who cares. These people are all well past retirement age and political usefulness. The political machines they created were co-opted and then morphed into the progressive powerhouse that it is today. Mapes, Madigan, Mclain and Burke are irrelevant political dinosaurs. It would be best to lock them up and never forget about them again. Removing these people and their lieutenants in retrospect was kind of a false victory, because the BIPOC progressives that replaced them have been 10x worse.
The loyalty that these individuals have to Madigan makes you wonder, doesn’t it? Here’s a man, who despite being fully immune from prosecution, chose to lie! Give him the maximum sentence.
He likely lied because he was expecting a payoff on the back end.