Jurors in the Michael Madigan corruption trial have returned to Chicago’s federal courthouse for their seventh day of deliberations. They maintained complete silence all day Wednesday, sending no questions or other notes to the judge.

Jurors are scheduled to resume deliberations Friday at the bribery and racketeering trial of Madigan and codefendant Michael McClain. The trial started with jury selection on Oct. 8 at the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago.

After more than three months, the fate of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is now in the hands of a jury.

The jury now has the case in the public corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan in Chicago. Judge John Robert Blakey handed the case to the jury

Jurors in the Michael Madigan corruption trial are resuming deliberations Wednesday, their sixth day of discussions in the landmark case. The jury began deliberating in the afternoon of Jan. 29, kicking off the final phase of a landmark four-month trial.

The jury deciding the fate of former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan and longtime political ally Michael McClain has now been in deliberations for seven days, with no verdict reached.

Jury deliberations are approaching the one-week mark at the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and co-defendant Michael McClain. The jury got the case last Wednesday afternoon at the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.