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Former AT&T Illinois President Paul La Schiazza, who was accused of bribing then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement that will likely see his charges essentially disappear as long as he stays out of trouble for the next year.

A jury deadlocked after La Schiazza’s weeklong trial in September 2024, but the judge overseeing the case declined to dismiss the charges, setting up a retrial.

In February, a separate jury weighing Madigan’s wide-ranging corruption trial also deadlocked on a charge that the ex-speaker accepted the bribe in the form of a contract for a political ally in exchange for pushing AT&T-backed legislation in Springfield.

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