Illinois correctional officer Danny L. Spyker is charged with engaging in sexual acts with two inmates at Federal ...

A prosecutor with a 20-year record of winning major cases will step down from his job with the U.S. attorney in Chicago, NBC ...

The lead federal prosecutor in the corruption trial of ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is stepping down.

Chicago’s top federal prosecutor for public corruption has submitted his resignation effective March 14, a spokesman for the ...

Morris Pasqual, acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, was asked if the Madigan case might be the one that would finally deliver the message to politicians who commit corrupt ...

Speaking to reporters after the verdict, Acting U.S. Attorney Morris Pasqual called Madigan’s style of bribery “refined,” and vowed that the U.S. Attorney’s office will continue to ...

Acting U.S. Attorney Morris Pasqual said "no decision has been made" on whether prosecutors would try to retry Madigan or McClain over the jury's deadlock. Presiding U.S. District Judge John Robert ...

After nearly two years without a permanent leader, the search for the next U.S. attorney in Chicago is officially underway in a dramatically changed landscape that has seen years of political turmoil ...

Several of the guilty counts carry a maximum of 10 years in prison. Acting U.S. Attorney Morris Pasqual calls the conviction "historic." The Chicago Democrat who holds the title of the longest ...

Morris Pasqual, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, said the longtime speaker breached and violated the public trust over and over again. “Bribery, whether it’s the old ...