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Lobbyist who testified in Madigan trial over scheme to help sexual harasser remains part of Statehouse world

A year after Will Cousineau took the stand as a government witness in the corruption trial of his ex-boss, former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan, Cousineau remains a registered lobbyist. He and his lobbying firm have also made about $70,000 in campaign contributions benefiting, among others, more than 50 state legislators.

Amid the #MeToo era, it might seem like a career killer to testify under immunity at ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan’s federal corruption trial about a scheme to get an alleged sexual harasser a paycheck after he was fired from Madigan’s… [4860 chars]

Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Published: 2025-11-21T11:30:00Z

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