Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan's defense team began their final presentation to the jury just after lunch Friday, following a 12-hour closing argument delivered by the government over two and a half days.

As former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s defense lawyers began their closing arguments last week, attorney Dan Collins pointed to something the former speaker said when he took the witness stand earlier this month.

Of the 23 total charges in the indictment, Michael McClain faces six counts including racketeering conspiracy, federal program bribery and wire fraud. He has pleaded not guilty.

Closing arguments by defense attorneys are expected to finish Tuesday at the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and codefendant Michael McClain in Chicago. Madigan attorney Dan Collins wrapped up his final arguments on behalf of the former speaker Monday afternoon.

Michael Madigan's attorney concluded his seven-and-a-half-hour closing argument Monday, meaning Madigan’s trial is nearing its end. Jurors are still expected to hear arguments from an attorney for Madigan’s co-defendant,

Ex-House speaker Michael Madigan, formerly the most powerful man in Illinois politics, “conspired to enhance and preserve (his) power and line his pockets” for years, prosecutors said at the outset of marathon closing arguments in Madigan’s corruption trial.

Madigan's defense attorney applied the same treatment to former ComEd Executive Fidel Marquez, who, like Solis, turned government mole to avoid prosecution for his role in what the government has described as a years-long effort by the utility company to bribe the then-speaker in exchange for his help in Springfield.

Michael Madigan’s defense team has resumed closing arguments at the former Illinois House speaker’s corruption trial in Chicago.

Monday marked the fourth day of closing arguments in Michael Madigan’s landmark corruption trial at the Dirksen Federal Building in downtown Chicago.

After nearly three months of testimony, the trial of former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan is approaching its conclusion.

Real estate lawyer Michael Madigan, a lawmaker for 50 years, is accused of using ComEd as his “personal piggy bank.”

Madigan, 82, and his co-defendant, political ally and confidant Michael McClain, are accused of running a criminal enterprise designed to enrich the former speaker and his associates and increase his political power.