A federal judge on Friday granted former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s defense team four months to review mounds of documents submitted by prosecutors as part of the discovery process in a corruption case that prosecutors allege spanned nearly a decade.
Judge John Robert Blakey said that, given the amount of material, he would allow attorneys for Madigan and co-defendant Michael McClain, a former lawmaker, ComEd lobbyist and close associate of Madigan, 120 days to review the documents.
