Federal prosecutors are expected to rest their case in chief Friday in the perjury trial of Tim Mapes, the former chief of staff to Democratic Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan accused of lying to a federal grand jury investigating his boss.
Mapes, 68, of Springfield, is charged with perjury and attempted obstruction of justice, accused in an indictment of lying in answers to seven questions during his grand jury appearance more than two years ago.
Mapes has denied making any false statements, and his attorneys have argued that he did his “level best” to provide truthful answers. They also accused prosecutors of asking open-ended questions and failing to provide Mapes with any corroborating materials that might refresh his recollection of years-old conversations.
On Thursday, the testimony of Republican lobbyist Nancy Kimme added a new political dimension to Mapes’ trial and illustrated how Illinois party labels often don’t matter when it comes to cutting a deal. Lang, meanwhile, testified Thursday for the second time about that painful end to his 32-year legislative career.Prosecutors played a series of calls from May 2018 where Mapes and McClain discussed Lang’s future after a medical marijuana advocate accused him of sexual harassment at the end of the spring 2018 legislative session.
Lang declared himself vindicated from the initial allegations, but later in 2018, Madigan and McClain had heard of another potential #MeToo allegation that might surface, prompting Madigan to tell McClain to let Lang know he should give up the seat he held for decades.
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