Jon Seidel is a Federal Courts Reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times, specializing in covering local corruption cases and legal proceedings in Illinois. He is also the author of "Second City Sinners" and has contributed to various media outlets including Fox 32 Chicago, Illinois Newsroom, and the Daily Herald. Jon is an alum of Ball State University and the Post-Tribune.
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Jon Seidel's coverage primarily focuses on local legal proceedings, particularly related to government and politics in Illinois and Chicago. He covers evolving stories, legal policy regulation, and breaking news related to corruption cases, legal proceedings, sentencing, and specific individuals like Ed Burke.
If you have insights or expertise in local political corruption cases within Illinois or Chicago that are currently evolving or have recently developed significant updates, Jon would likely be interested in hearing from you. Additionally, if you can provide expert commentary on the legal aspects of high-profile cases such as those involving bribery or public officials' misconduct within this geographic area specifically, it could be valuable for his reporting.
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By: Jon Seidel, Matthew Hendrickson, Dave McKinney
Will Cousineau told jurors that Michael Madigan and Michael McClain — on trial together for a racketeering conspiracy — would sometimes arrange to use his office to meet alone. “I think [McClain] and the Speaker talked on a fairly regular basis,” he testified.
By: Matthew Hendrickson, Dave Mckinney, Jon Seidel
The federal judge presiding over the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan agreed to toss a small — but potentially key — piece of testimony Wednesday that put Madigan’s co-defendant in the room with him during discussion of a ComEd bill.
By: Matthew Hendrickson, Jon Seidel
“I've tried to put some guys together to kick in a grand each … for six months,” Michael McClain told lobbyist Will Cousineau in August 2018.
By: Jon Seidel
U.S. District Judge John Blakey is giving jurors an extra two hours to vote Tuesday before testimony resumes. “Freedom is not a spectator sport," the judge told them. “If anyone knows that, that’s you guys.”
By: Jon Seidel, Dave Mckinney, Matthew Hendrickson
Prosecutors say that episode is evidence of a criminal enterprise Michael Madigan led for nearly a decade, with Michael McClain acting as his agent.
By: Jon Seidel, Matthew Hendrickson, Dave McKinney
Lobbyist Michael McClain wrote with characteristic flair and bluster when he penned a retirement letter in 2016 to a fellow aide to then-Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan , assuring 13th Ward worker Kevin Quinn that “I am not dying.”
By: Jon Seidel
Fidel Marquez is likely to revisit much of his testimony from last year's case about the alleged bribery conspiracy at ComEd. He took the stand around noon Tuesday.
By: Matthew Hendrickson, Jon Seidel
Prosecutors have begun to firm up one of the key pillars of their case, alleging that Michael Madigan accepted bribes from ComEd in exchange for favorable treatment of its bills in Springfield.
By: Matthew Hendrickson, Jon Seidel
Prosecutors have begun to firm up one of the key pillars of their case, alleging Michael Madigan accepted bribes from ComEd in exchange for favorable treatment of the utility's bills in Springfield.
By: Jon Seidel, Matthew Hendrickson
The details of the May 2018 call have previously been laid out in court records, but the actual recording has never before been played in court. Prosecutors shared it Thursday during the ongoing testimony of former ComEd executive Fidel Marquez.
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