American Thinker:
By Andrea Widburg
On Wednesday, the federal government filed a RICO claim against Michael Madigan, the former Illinois House speaker. The 106-page indictment accuses Madigan of engaging in bribery, extortion, and racketeering, all with an eye to maintaining Madigan’s power and rewarding his political allies, workers, and associates, and to generate income for everyone involved in these criminal activities. Considering how powerful Madigan was, I’d like to say this strikes a devastating blow against corruption in Illinois politics, but no one would believe me if I said that.
Michael Madigan came up in Chicago’s political ranks as a protégé of Mayor Richard J. Daley and a friend of Daley’s son, Richard M. Daley. In 1969, by the time he was 27, Madigan was a ward precinct committeeman, at which time (according to Wikipedia) he controlled the “most disciplined” ward organization in Chicago.
In 1970, Madigan was first elected to the Illinois House of Representatives, representing Chicago’s 22nd District (the southwest side). He entered the Illinois General Assembly in 1971 and never left it. Madigan rose to the speakership in 1983, a position he occupied until 2021, except for the years 1995–1997, when Republicans briefly controlled the House. (Lee Daniels, a Republican, was the House speaker then. It’s worth noting that Daniels has never been indicted.) more
ALL Democrats are scum and the “White Hats” keep telling us to “watch the movie”. The pendulum has swung too far.
Innocent of all charges! Well most charges. A life long servant to public service has it’s pitfalls. Sometimes one has to make deals that are a compromise. Not one to aways read the find print paid a price.
Note to the editor:
Guilty and Democrat are oxymoronic, you can only one or the other, never both!!!!
Why would Garland go after A DEMOCRAP doing what a DEMOCRAP does? I’m thinking this indictment is being used as a tool for nefarious reasons. Maybe leverage over Madigan to keep his mouth shut and he will be rewarded with a slap on the hand?
It’s time to RICO the Biden crime family too.
As a resident of Illinois, I can tell you that we’ve all known for years that he was crooked. All Chicago politicians are. He got his daughter in to a position of authority, and she’s just as crooked as he is. But, I’ll go out on a limb here and make a bold prediction…nothing will happen to him.
The corruption in ILL_inois is beyond belief. Indicted or not, nothing will ever become of it… Obama judge’s will make sure he gets off quick and clean. You have to realize the stupid people of ILL_inois have repeatedly voted for this criminal just like they vote demoncrat no matter what.
He forgot to give the Big Guy his 20%.