Over the last 2 ½ months, the jury in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption trial has heard the longtime Democratic leader’s voice dozens of times on wiretapped phone calls and in secretly recorded video footage.
But on Tuesday, the jury was finally able to fully observe Madigan – including the mannerisms and idiosyncratic speech patterns his attorney has accused the feds of willfully misinterpreting – as he took the stand in his own defense.
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