Danny Solis, a cooperating government witness, testified in the ongoing trial of former Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, who is accused of conducting an extensive investigation by the FBI.

After more than a week of often uncomfortable testimony for the former alderman-turned-FBI mole about massages and Viagra, the latest questioning focused Danny Solis' failure to declare hundreds of thousands of dollars he received from the Vendor Assistance Program.

Former Chicago Ald. Danny Solis took the stand Monday to testify in former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's corruption trial. Solis is the star witness for the prosecution. The jury heard many of his secret recordings in open court Monday.

Danny Solis’s testimony in Michael Madigan’s corruption trial continued into day three on Tuesday. Federal prosecutors said Madigan and his top aide ran a criminal conspiracy to enrich themselves. The government said they took official actions to benefit Private developers in exchange for bribes or other favors.

SummaryJury sees last of secretly recorded videos Solis made of ex-House speaker By HANNAH MEISEL Capitol News Illinois [email protected] CHICAGO – The day after Thanksgiving in 2018, then-Chicago Ald.

Follow along as former Ald. Danny Solis, one of the most anticipated witnesses to take the stand in ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan's trial on corruption charges, resumes his testimony Tuesday afternoon.

A former Chicago alderman took the stand in the Mike Madigan corruption trial on Monday. Danny Solis wore a wire for the FBI starting in 2016, secretly recording conversations with the former Illinois House Speaker and co-defendant Michael McClain.

Former Chicago Alderman Daniel Solis was asked on a federal witness stand Monday about prostitutes and pot smoking during a Puerto Rican excursion with other elected officials, using campaign funds to make purchases at high-end department stores and pay for his son’s school tuition,