Jury convicts top Mike Madigan aide Tim Mapes of perjury
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Jurors determined that Mapes, who served as Madigan's chief of staff for almost three decades, tried to undermine a federal investigation into corruption in the Illinois Legislature.
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Jurors determined that Mapes, who served as Madigan's chief of staff for almost three decades, tried to undermine a federal investigation into corruption in the Illinois Legislature.
The fate of Tim Mapes, former chief of staff for former House Speaker Michael Madigan, is now in the hands of a jury after closing statements on Wednesday.
A federal jury has convicted the once-top aide to former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, finding Tim Mapes guilty on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.
A federal jury in Chicago on Thursday convicted a former chief of staff to longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan of lying under oath to a grand jury to protect his once-powerful boss who is scheduled to go on trial on multiple corruption charges.
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