the verdict is in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has been convicted of federal corruption charges.

>> The jury reached a verdict on the 11th day of deliberations while dead locking on other charges.

Madigan at one time was the state's most powerful politician.

Now he joins a long list of politicians locally who have been convicted of corruption reporter is Matt Masterson and Amanda joining us now with more.

Matt, you've been watching this since it began.

The jury came to a unanimous decision on 17 counts, but not on the remaining 12.

What did they convict him of in what was left unsettled?

So he's convicted on 10 charges, bribery, conspiracy and wire fraud.

10 counts of those how he was acquitted on 7 others in the jury failed to reach a verdict and 6 others related to him.

>> Prosecutors that outlined 5 separate corruption street schemes.

That Madigan was pledge to have orchestrated.

He was only convicted on charges related to 2 of those, though, including the largest one of them with the comment bribery scheme.

But there is no guilty verdict or he was not acquitted 3 of the schemes, including the top count of racketeering, rocket racketeering, conspiracy or RICO charge which allege that as part of operation was essentially this criminal enterprise.

But perhaps the most surprising was this union West game, one of which Danny Solis, the former Chicago alderman acting as an undercover mall recorded a conversation with Matt.

Again, we're specifically referring to a quid pro quo or great arrangement with property developer.

Madigan said, yeah, OK, he said that he was essentially agreeing to Prosecutors said the show that his mindset was that he understood wanted to enter into this is a legal arrangement.

But Madigan himself testified that he was simply trying to move this conversation a law.

He was just saying, yeah, OK, such as that and the jury obviously agreed with what he had to say in this because they acquitted him on all charges related to this, which was a bit of a surprise.

This with some of the prosecutors, most hard evidence that they had him on this and that it didn't lead to a conviction.

Can we expect a retrial on some of those counts that that a jury couldn't reach a decision on?

It's not yet clear acting U.S. attorney Morris Press called didn't rule it out.

He said that they want to explore all their options and moving forward on this.

They very well could.

But it's not clear yet if they will, but it could another try on this going forward.

Some point.

>> Amanda Madigan was the longest serving leader of any state or federal legislative body.

You covered him a lot as well.

Historically, what does this conviction This is huge.

It certainly did not get the attention nationally that say former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich or even George Ryan before him did.

He wasn't governor.

He governor.

He's not a big national name, but he was such a powerhouse in Illinois politics that this is I think, massive locally thinking again of Blagojevich.

I mean, he didn't last 2 terms.

He wasn't first Curly strong governor didn't have a lot of tight allegiances.

Even whereas met again, still does even through all of this.

He has allies.

He has loyalists.

He was in power still for 6 months after the combat deferred prosecution agreement became public and it sort of became clear that he was tied into it.

So I think that this really is sort of earth shattering when it comes to Illinois politics, particularly because the long-running notion had Ben, that he was too smart for this, that he played chess, that he wrote the rules so that he could navigate around them and wouldn't have to do anything legally.

Matt Madigan's co-defendant, longtime confidant Michael McClain also on trial with him.

What we know of his charges as soldier and sir, again, for the trial, his very close friend.

>> He said his head was spinning when the jury did not return a verdict on any of the 6 charges that he was facing.

Prosecutors have painted him as basically carrying Americans dirty work so adding it didn't have to get his fingers.

His fingerprints on any of the bribery schemes.

But as Patrick Cotter, his defense attorney said afterwards that McLean was leaving court as he entered it, which was an innocent man.

He wasn't convicted anything today, but it is important to note that he was previously convicted of the common for bribery On the other side of this conspiring to and again on those those charges, he has already been convicted.

That said, look, it's not quite in a separate.

and in response to mannequins a verdict, Illinois House Republicans, they held an ethics reform meeting today.

What we hear from So really this is actually just, you know, press conference and they're talking about what changes they want to be made.

They said that they've been frustrated.

>> By the slow reaction that Democrats have had, despite as I described, this is really sort of it's shattering.

And Ernie says the Capitol Dome.

>> They said there hasn't enough done to try to route something out it to root out sense of corruption in title meant that the lifting up of legislative leaders that made them so all powerful, powerful.

There was some legislation that was enacted previously, but even reform groups you're talking about change, Illinois, common cause reform for Illinois, they say is that those were relatively toothless.

And so the only reaction that they say the General Assembly has taken is is not enough.

And that's something that Republicans really holds from 2.

And they also point out and Democrats are still in power.

This did not do anything to really punish Democrats at the ballot box.

So Deputy Illinois House leader Ryan Spain had a bit to say about changing the way Illinois State government currently operates areas.

>> So today it's clear with this verdict, we have to change the way we do business in the state of Illinois.

We have to throw out Mike Madigan playbook and do away with this culture of corruption that continues to persist in our state house.

>> Amanda, what is throwing out the Michael Madigan playbook?

Look like?

So this is sort of what I was getting at it and things such empowering the legislative inspector general, something that they say was never done and therefore you couldn't file an ethics complaint against.

>> again or anybody else that was perceived to have been doing something unethical or wrong within the General Assembly.

we did that that that's part of the toothless notion legislators are able to.

There is some limit now, but not really.

There's like a crack in the real fault and took But still that they say that there needs to be done more to close it.

They also point to the current Illinois House speaker who they say was, you know, handpicked by Matt again.

>> That might not be exactly the word that I would use, but it certainly true that Welch was close with Matt again.

And they say that with they're still using by and large, the same house rules, the very same house rules.

That is part of this case.

We heard Madigan was able to use his power to hold up legislation, the speaker and frankly over in the Senate, the president institutionally can still do Matt, we you know, we you mention the comment case for the jury failed to reach a verdict on a TNT case.

What's what's the issue there seem general scheme that he was legislative action for a job for his legislative lie.

Yes, do.

>> The feds have run into trouble with this already.

They had already former 18 ti, Illinois President Paul.

That's got to for soliciting.

These are conspiring to bribe mad again.

That led to no verdict.

This now also today, no verdict against Paddack reclaim one of the top witnesses that the prosecutors had planned to call a former 18 t executive.

He and the last guest.

The trial said that he wasn't aware of any sort of arrangement between U.S. legislative action and this contract for Acevedo.

He was actually called mannequins defense in this trial and said the same thing.

And that helped lead to a no verdict for pair of them.

Madigan McLean today.

Okay.

busy courthouse a busy a bunch of reporters who are covering this.

Matt Masterson Amanda thank you.

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