Federal prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of 51 to 63 months for Tim Mapes, the former chief of staff to ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, after a jury found him guilty of lying to a federal grand jury in a ‘calculated attempt to thwart’ a probe into Madigan. Mapes' defense team has requested time served and community service, stating that he never stood to benefit from his lies and ‘disagrees with the verdict’ while maintaining his innocence. Prosecutors believe that a significant sentence will ‘send an important message’ to deter similar conduct aimed at protecting corrupt officials.
Prosecutors want up to 5 years in prison for former Madigan aide Tim Mapes, while defense asks for community service By Jason Meisner & me @jmetr22b https://t.co/98e4sbLquA
Prosecutors are asking for up to about five years in prison for Tim Mapes, the former chief of staff to House Speaker Michael Madigan, arguing in a court filing late Monday that Mapes lied to a federal grand jury in a cynical attempt to protect his boss. https://t.co/ZiZII0ms9c
Feds say a significant prison term for Ex-Madigan aide Tim Mapes “will send an important message to those in Springfield and elsewhere within this state who still foolishly cling to Mapes’ view that circling the wagons to ‘protect the boss’ is acceptable” https://t.co/smP3TXcTAI
Madigan’s ex-chief of staff should get up to five years in prison, federal prosecutors say. https://t.co/hDSt3gIXpt
Prosecutors want up to 5 years in prison for former Madigan aide Tim Mapes, while defense asks for community service https://t.co/BQAlZBFZIL
Tim Mapes’ lawyers just filed their own memo requesting time served and community service. They say he never stood to benefit from any of his lies and that while he accepts the jury’s verdict he “disagrees with it and continues to maintain his innocence.” https://t.co/IhHTiassef
Federal prosecutors asked a judge Monday to sentence former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s longtime chief of staff to as many as five years in prison for lying to a grand jury as investigators began to close in on his old boss. https://t.co/Xh1AYOVYI1
Madigan’s ex-chief of staff should get up to 5 years in prison for lies ‘calculated to thwart’ probe into former boss, feds say: https://t.co/0XVftNg6AD
JUST IN: Feds seeking up to about 5 years in prison for Tim Mapes, the longtime gatekeeper to House Speaker Michael Madigan who was found guilty by a jury in August of lying to federal grand jury to ‘protect the boss’ Background: https://t.co/NultVutcEE
JUST IN: Federal prosecutors ask a judge to sentence Tim Mapes, the longtime chief of staff to ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, to between 51 and 63 months in prison. Full prosecutors' memo here: https://t.co/vUN68t4kKI https://t.co/VAU7WHwHPa