CHICAGO — Supplies of Viagra and visits to massage parlors for sexual favors were part of Monday’s startling testimony from Danny Solis, the former Chicago alderman grabbing center stage on his second day of testimony in the corruption trial of former Speaker of the House Michael Madigan.  Solis also testified about his tangled financial affairs, the foreclosure on his home after his wife discovered he was having an affair and the gifts and camp…

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(The Center Square) – Prosecutors introduced secretly recorded audio and video along with a troubled star witness at the public corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — A former Chicago alderman took the stand in the Mike Madigan corruption trial on Monday. Danny Solis wore a wire for the FBI starting in 2016, secretly recording conversations with the former Illinois House Speaker and co-defendant Michael McClain. Prosecutors allege that Madigan intended to personally benefit himself with Solis's help. Solis was chairman of Chicago's Zoning Committee. According to testimony at the tri…

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Former Chicago Ald. Danny Solis testified that he wanted to curry political favor with Speaker of the House Mike Madigan so that he would win re-election as an alderman.

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(The Center Square) – Former Chicago Alderman Daniel Solis has returned to the witness stand at the bribery and racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and codefendant Michael McClain in Chicago. Solis began testifying Thursday afternoon and resumed discussing real estate developments with U.S. government attorney Diane MacArthur Monday morning. 
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CHICAGO – Started the sixth week of the corruption trial against Michael Madigan, former president of the Illinois House of Representatives, with the star witness in this case: former councilman Danny Solis. Solis went from councilman to FBI informant and, as part of his cooperation with federal authorities, made a series of recordings and burning details about the evidence was presented to a jury on Monday, including bribes he received in luxur…

CHICAGO – Arrancó la sexta semana del juicio por corrupción contra Michael Madigan, expresidente de la Cámara de Representantes de Illinois, con el testigo estrella en este caso: el exconcejal Danny Solís. Solís pasó de ser concejal a informante del FBI y, como parte de su cooperación con las autoridades federales, realizó una serie de grabaciones y los candentes detalles sobre la evidencia fue presentada ante un jurado este lunes, que incluye s…

Desde viajes hasta Viagra: Testimonio de Danny Solís en el juicio contra Michael Madigan

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From Travel to Viagra: Testimony of Danny Solis in the Trial of Michael Madigan

Ex-Chicago alderman Solis, who secretly recorded Madigan for FBI, takes witness standIt’s been a month since the jury in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s federal corruption trial last heard the name of star government witness Danny Solis during opening statements. Source: Muddy River News

Ex-Chicago alderman’s testimony details gifts, bribes received in Madigan corruption trial

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