Trump's on a pardon spree, prison looms for Madigan, and Blago wouldn't wish sentencing on his 'worst enemy'

If anyone knows how former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan is feeling these days, it might be Rod Blagojevich.

Illinois’ former governor faced sentencing twice. Both times, a federal judge wallopped him with a 14-year prison term that still stands as one of the harshest corruption sentences handed down at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse.

Now Blagojevich is a free man — commuted and pardoned by President Donald Trump. And Madigan, his onetime political nemesis, is the one facing sentencing June 13.

“I wouldn’t wish what he is going through right now on my worst enemy,” Blagojevich told WBEZ.

“And Madigan,” he acknowledged, “was my worst enemy.”

Madigan’s sentencing by U.S. District Judge John Blakey will cap the most aggressive, expansive corruption investigation in Chicago si