Michael Madigan’s ousted chief of staff fights to block secret recordings in his federal perjury trial
as well as a Chinatown land proposal in which Madigan wanted the property tax work for his private law firm.Prosecutors want to play the recordings to show Mapes was lying when he testified he couldn’t recall what McClain’s role was on Madigan’s team, including that he acted as a go-between for the speaker.
“Mr. Mapes is not charged with lying or obstructing justice relative to sexual harassment issues in Springfield,” the Mapes lawyers wrote, saying the topic was a passing reference in Mapes’ grand jury appearance and was unrelated to the perjury allegations. One other call the Mapes team sought to keep out of his trial has Madigan’s son, Andrew, allegedly informing McClain that Mapes would be resigning because of the scandal and that Mapes was being removed to avoid being “a distraction.”
In February 2018, Madigan ousted Kevin Quinn, brother of the 13th Ward alderman, over sexual harassment allegations made by campaign worker Alaina Hampton. The speaker quickly also booted lobbyist Shaw Decremer, a former government staffer, from his political operations over complaints of abusive behavior in House Democratic campaigns.
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