Michael Madigan sentenced to 7.5 years in jail for corruption: Stay updates
Throughout a dialogue over letters of assist written for the previous Home Speaker, Madigan legal professional Lari Dierks advised Decide Blakey that it’s the previous speaker’s place that he’s harmless.
However Blakey presses Dierks on whether or not Madigan insists on his innocence?
Dierks (after wanting again at co-counsel): “Sure, your honor.”
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The alternate got here after Dierks advised Decide Blakey that it “issues significantly” that greater than 130 folks wrote letters to the courtroom in assist of Madigan.
“They shared that Mike is thought for being truthful. His phrase is his bond. Honesty is a core worth to him,” Dierks mentioned.
Assistant U.S. Legal professional Julia Schwartz retorted that “Madigan obtained on the stand and lied. And these had been purposeful lies, meant to have an effect on the jury’s decision-making course of.”
Schwartz pointed to Madigan’s declare that he anticipated his allies to work for the cash they had been paid by ComEd.
Dierks disputed what Schwartz mentioned, however Blakey interrupted Dierks to ask whether it is her place that Madigan is “not responsible of any of the counts.”
At first Dierks tried to punt on the query, however when Blakey pressed her on whether or not Madigan insists on his innocence, Dierks advised him, “Sure, your honor.”