Ex-Madigan chief of staff asks judge to toss parts of perjury indictment

The former longtime chief of staff to former House Speaker Michael Madigan wants a judge to toss part of his perjury indictment, arguing that key questions he fielded in front of a federal grand jury were ambiguous and that some of his allegedly false answers were "literally true."

The motion from Timothy Mapes' attorneys also gives the slightest additional peek at what took place in front of the grand jury that was looking into Madigan. The former speaker has since been charged with a racketeering conspiracy.

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