Final Madigan Figure Sentenced

The final figure in the Michael Madigan corruption saga was sentenced Thursday. Capitol News Illinois says Fidel Marquez, whose role as an FBI mole furthered the feds’ investigation into then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, was sentenced to two years of probation Thursday for his role in a bribery scheme meant to influence the powerful speaker. Marquez’s sentence, which also includes a $50,000 fine, is punishment for his involvement in the scheme before January 2019, when the FBI confronted him with wiretapped recordings of him discussing do-nothing contracts for Madigan allies.  Marquez agreed to cooperate, and over the following weeks he secretly recorded meetings with his colleagues, several of which were played during his testimony in the trials of those same colleagues and Madigan himself.