McCann to represent himself in corruption trial
McCann fires court-appointed attorneys on trial’s scheduled start date
SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) -- Monday was supposed to have been the first day in the weeklong federal corruption trial of former Republican state Sen. Sam McCann, who allegedly misused more than $200,000 in campaign funds for personal expenses. A pull-down projector screen in the Springfield courtroom of U.S. District Judge Colleen Lawless stood ready to play host to prosecutors’ presentation prepared to accompany their opening statements. But in a bizarre turn of events as Lawless took the bench on […]
