前伊利诺伊州众议院议长 Michael Madigan 腐败案被判监禁七年半 罚款250万美元
2025年6月13日，位于伊利诺伊州库克县芝加哥市的伊利诺伊北区联邦检察官办公室宣布，前伊利诺伊州众议院议长 Michael J. Madigan 因腐败罪名被判处联邦监禁七年半，并处罚款250万美元。
Madigan 现年83岁，住在芝加哥市，曾长期担任伊利诺伊州众议院议长等政治职务。2025年初，芝加哥的联邦陪审团在一场为期四个月的审判后，以共谋危害美国、使用州际设施助长违法活动、电汇欺诈与贿赂等罪名将其定罪。审判证据显示，Madigan 与他人共谋，安排电力公司 Commonwealth Edison 向他的亲信支付报酬，这些亲信几乎不做或不做实际工作，而付款的真实性质是回报并影响 Madigan 就该公司在州议会推动的具体立法所起的作用。
检方还说，Madigan 另与一名芝加哥市议员合谋：他协助推动州长任命该议员到一个有薪酬的州委员会职位，以此交换对方为 Madigan 的私人律师事务所及其子引介法律业务。
联邦地区法官 John Robert Blakey 在认定 Madigan 出庭作证时多次作伪证后，判处其90个月监禁并处罚款250万美元。联邦检察官 Andrew S. Boutros、联邦调查局芝加哥办公室官员 Douglas S. DePodesta 与国税局刑事调查部门芝加哥官员 Ramsey E. Covington 就判刑发表了声明。
（来源：美国司法部）
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan Sentenced to Seven and a Half Years in Prison and Fined $2.5 Million in Corruption Case
On June 13, 2025, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois, in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, announced that former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan had been sentenced to seven and a half years in federal prison and fined $2.5 million on corruption charges.
Madigan, 83, of Chicago, long served as Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives and in other political posts. In early 2025, after a four-month trial, a federal jury in Chicago convicted him of charges including conspiracy against the United States, using interstate facilities to advance unlawful activity, wire fraud and bribery. Trial evidence showed that Madigan conspired with others to have the utility Commonwealth Edison pay his associates for little or no actual work, in return for, and to influence, his actions on specific legislation the company sought in the state legislature.
Prosecutors also said Madigan conspired with a Chicago alderman: he helped press the governor to appoint the alderman to a paid state board position in exchange for the alderman steering legal business to Madigan's private law firm and his son.
U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey imposed the 90-month sentence and the $2.5 million fine after finding that Madigan had repeatedly committed perjury while testifying. U.S. Attorney Andrew S. Boutros, FBI Chicago official Douglas S. DePodesta and IRS Criminal Investigation Chicago official Ramsey E. Covington commented on the sentence.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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图片来源：图：位于伊利诺伊州首府 Springfield 的伊利诺伊州议会大厦穹顶内景，Madigan 曾长期在此担任众议院议长。Daniel Schwen 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Inside the dome of the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois, where Madigan long served as Speaker of the House. Photo by Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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