Jon Seidel
Federal Courts Reporter | Chicago Sun-TimesJon Seidel covers the federal courts for the Chicago Sun-Times.
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Budzinski, a Springfield Democrat who was elected to the 13th Congressional District seat in 2022, was called to testify about a scheme in which Madigan allegedly agreed to help then-Chicago Ald. Danny Solis secure a paid seat on a government board in 2018 and 2019. -
Budzinski, who now represents much of the Metro East in Congress, is a former aide to Gov. JB Pritzker. Prosecutors said they plan to call members of the governor's staff to show that Madigan regularly made recommendations about appointments. -
Prosecutors have no plan to file a revised indictment against the disgraced former Illinois House speaker. -
Tuesday’s results offered only bragging rights to the candidates after decisive primaries last week in Georgia, Mississippi and Washington state made both Biden and Trump the presumptive presidential nominees for their respective parties. -
The judge’s decision comes as Illinois’ primary is less than three weeks away. It’s likely to be appealed. -
The Cook County judge denied Trump’s request to stay the challenge until after the U.S. Supreme Court weighs in on similar challenges in other states, setting a Feb. 16 next court date.
