The indictment of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan drew varied reactions from state politicians, with one powerful Democrat calling for him to step down from the last public post he holds.
As the longtime Illinois House speaker and Democratic Party chairman, Michael Madigan loomed over state politics for decades, leaving the top Democrats still seeking to move out of his shadow cautious in their reactions to news of his indictment Wednesday on federal corruption charges.
Neither Pritzker nor Lightfoot mentioned Madigan by name in response to reporters’ questions, which came before the indictment was handed down, but the mayor, drawing on her years as a federal prosecutor, said U.S. Attorney John Lausch’s office will have built its case carefully. The changes to state ethics laws Pritzker has signed have been largely panned by good-government groups as weak responses to the state’s pervasive public corruption. That includes a measure last year that prompted the resignation of the legislature’s top watchdog.
[Most read] Where in the world is Kevin Matthews? The former Chicago radio star can be found in Michigan, still his creative selfCook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, who also leads the county Democratic Party, on Wednesday called for Madigan to step down from his last remaining public role, Democratic committeeman for Chicago’s 13th Ward.
As word of an imminent indictment spread on the House floor in Springfield, one Democrat looked at a Tribune reporter and said, “turning out to be an interesting day.”But debates over House bills appeared to resume as normal without news about its former leader being any distraction.
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