(WTVO) — Michael J. Madigan, once the most powerful lawmaker in Illinois, is scheduled to report to federal prison at 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 13, to begin serving a 7.5-year sentence for corruption.

U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey handed down the sentence earlier this year after a jury convicted Madigan on 10 counts, including bribery, conspiracy, wire fraud, and using a facility to promote unlawful activity.

Madigan, 83, is also ordered to pay a $2.5 million fine.

The sentencing marks a dramatic fall for the longtime Democratic leader, who served in the Illinois House from 1971 to 2021 and held the speaker’s gavel for all but two years between 1983 and 2021. Madigan also chaired the Democratic Party of Illinois for 23 years and led Chicago’s 13th Ward Democratic Organization.

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