(The Center Square) – The bribery and racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker and Democratic Party of Illinois Chairman Michael Madigan is set to resume Tuesday after a four-day weekend.
The court was not in session Friday and the federal courthouse in Chicago is closed Monday for Veterans Day.
Former ComEd executive and cooperating witness Fidel Marquez is expected to return to the witness stand after three days of direct testimony last week.
Marquez was convicted of bribery in 2020 and agreed to wiretap conversations as he cooperated with government investigators.
Madigan defense attorney Thomas Breen expressed frustration last week after Marquez spent hours testifying without cross-examination.
Marquez admitted that he once hid money from his wife as they were preparing to divorce. He also admitted to falsely completing an application for a firearm in Arizona earlier this year.
Judge John Robert Blakey told Breen he would get his chance to cross-examine Marquez once direct testimony ends.