The corruption trial against Michael Madigan is now in its fifth week at the Dirksen Federal Building.
Former Navy Pier and McCormick Place boss Juan Ochoa took the stand Tuesday in former Illinois Speaker Mike Madigan 's corruption trial.According to the indictment against Madigan, Ochoa's garnering of the lucrative, mostly ceremonial, position was just one more instance of the utility company attempting to bribe the then-Illinois House speaker.
Ochoa is a politically connected businessman and a close friend of former Congressman Luis Gutierrez. He once served as the head of McPier: the corporation that owns and runs both Navy Pier and McCormick Place."I asked him if he would consider setting up a meeting with Speaker Madigan and Mayor Rahm Emanuel to see if they would consider recommending me for the board," Ochoa said to Assistant U.S. State's Attorney Diane Macarthur.
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