Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan has appealed his bribery and other convictions to the U.S. Supreme Court. Madigan was found guilty on 10 felony counts, including bribery, conspiracy, and wire fraud, stemming from a pay-to-play bribery scheme that he ran for multiple years.
Appeal Details
In the new filing, Madigan argues that for an official to be guilty of bribery, they must personally intend to break the law, rather than just knowing that a company is trying to win their favor. He also argues he didn’t provide clear promises to take official actions, which the appeal describes as normal political actions someone might take.
Madigan is currently serving a seven-and-a-half-year sentence in federal prison. Justices could announce a decision to take the case or not in October.
Original reporting: KTBS 3 (Shreveport) — read the source article.
