Timothy Mapes, the former chief of staff for Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan, was sentenced to 2 1/2 years (30 months) on Monday after being convicted last year of perjury and obstruction of justice. Mapes, who had spent decades working closely with Madigan, was found guilty of lying under oath to protect his former boss. Despite the conviction and the overwhelming evidence presented against him, Mapes has continued to maintain his innocence. During the sentencing, the judge remarked, "The people of the state cry out for accountability," highlighting the public's demand for integrity in political offices.
Tim Mapes, the longtime chief of staff to former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison Monday for lying to a grand jury as investigators began to close in on Madigan. https://t.co/9g2tBu8NaU
Mapes gets 30 months
///BREAKING/// Tim Mapes, the former chief of staff and gatekeeper for House Speaker Michael Madigan, sentenced to 2 1/2 years for lying to a federal grand jury investigating his boss. "The people of the state cry out for accountability," the judge says. Story tk https://t.co/eToawZgRzG
Tim Mapes, former chief of staff for Mike Madigan, sentenced to 30 months for lying to the grand jury/obstruction. Judge John Kness calls it “a very sad case… perhaps it was out of some sort of loyalty. Your loyalty was misguided…now you will pay the price for that.”
JUST IN: Tim Mapes, who spent decades in Michael Madigan’s inner circle while serving as the ex-Illinois House Speaker’s chief of staff, was sentenced to 2.5 years in federal prison Monday after he was convicted last year of lying under oath to protect his former boss.
We are back from lunch in the Tim Mapes sentencing hearing. We should find out soon what the judge's sentence is
Tim Mapes, who served as House Speaker Michael Madigan’s sharp-tongued chief of staff, will be sentenced Monday after his perjury conviction last year. https://t.co/DbUJSrFyyV
Follow @jmetr22b for Mapes blow by blow: @chicagotribune federal courts reporter Jason Meisner is great https://t.co/PQXI2qqTDV
The sentencing hearing for former Madigan chief of staff Tim Mapes is underway. I'll have the highlights https://t.co/IC5zZMsi2l
Hello from the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago where longtime Madigan chief of staff Tim Mapes is getting sentenced today. My story from verdict day back in August: https://t.co/LdB2DGHIN0
Tim Mapes, Michael Madigan’s former chief of staff, is set to be sentenced this morning after he was convicted of lying under oath to protect his former boss. https://t.co/eZuXiP5yqD
Tim Mapes, former aide to Speaker Michael Madigan, to be sentenced for perjury Despite the overwhelming evidence and guilty verdict, Mapes “disagrees with it and continues to maintain his innocence.” @jmetr22b https://t.co/913FsYv1hH
Tim Mapes, former aide to Speaker Michael Madigan, to be sentenced for perjury https://t.co/DSYwl1LvVz
Timothy Mapes, who spent decades as chief of staff to Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan, will be sentenced Monday after being convicted last year of perjury and obstruction of justice. https://t.co/jn8kKXYDg2