Springfield, IL (Capitolnewsillinois.com)
Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's handwritten notes from a meeting with Governor-elect JB Pritzker in December 2018. The notes were shown as evidence in the former speaker's corruption trial Wednesday, six years to the day after he wrote them. (Screenshot from court documents)
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