Ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan’s racketeering trial postponed 6 months pending Supreme Court decision in bribery case; ‘Better to do it right than to do it twice,’ judge says – Chicago Tribune/MSN

At issue Wednesday was whether the April 1 trial date should stand in light of the Supreme Court’s decision last month to take up the petition of James Snyder, the former mayor of Portage, Indiana, convicted of taking bribes from a trucking company that had won contracts to supply garbage trucks to the town. A decision from the high court overturning that conviction could resolve a split among federal circuits over whether “rewards and gratuities” given to a public official constitute bribes, even in the absence of a distinct quid pro quo.
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Tom Paine's Ghost
2 years ago

Disgusting. Just more slow walking from the Democrat DOJ. Burke wasn’t convicted until FIVE years after the FBI raid on his office and he won’t be convicted for another SIX months. If it were a Republican the Democrat’s DOJ would be be certain that the accused were tried convicted and executed within a few months. I want to see Madigan and Burke rotting and raped in prison for decades but…..the actuarial charts limit that form happening.

Where's Mine???
2 years ago

Conveniently postponed til after JBs big bash…..for a Madigan free convention no doubt?

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