Feds raid home of third Boss Madigan confidante

Perhaps the federal government has something on Michael Madigan. In 2017 said of him that's he's "the man behind the fiscal fiasco in Illinois." Madigan has been speaker of the state House for 34 of the last 36 years is also the longtime chairman of the Illinois Democratic Party.

From the Chicago Tribune by way of the Peoria Journal-Star:

The FBI has raided the downstate home of a high-powered former Springfield lobbyist who for decades served as one of House Speaker Michael Madigan’s closest confidants, the Chicago Tribune has learned.

The raid of Mike McClain’s home in Quincy took place in mid-May, around the same time the FBI executed search warrants at the homes of two other Madigan associates — former 23rd Ward Ald. Michael Zalewski and political operative Kevin Quinn, according to a source with knowledge of the investigation.

It’s unclear what agents were looking for when they searched McClain’s house in Quincy, which is about 100 miles west of Springfield along the Mississippi River.

But the search warrant indicates that federal investigators are probing connections to possible criminal acts by some in Madigan’s inner circle. To obtain a search warrant, federal law enforcement must convince a judge there is probable cause to believe a crime has been committed and that evidence of that crime exists in the home.