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Feds say they will call ex-Ald. Daniel Solis to testify against Madigan

FBI mole and former Alderman Daniel Solis arrives at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse for the Burke trial on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023.

Federal prosecutors said in a court filing Monday they plan to call former Chicago Ald. Daniel Solis to the witness stand at the upcoming corruption trial of former House Speaker Michael Madigan, marking a key change in strategy on how to introduce secret recordings Solis made during his turn as an FBI mole.

The disclosure came in a lengthy filing that also made public new details in the investigation of Madigan, the longtime former leader of the state Democratic Party who is charged in a racketeering indictment with using his office to bolster his own political power and rain cash on

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