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Illinois State Police recently executed a search warrant at Illinois
House Speaker Michael Madigan’s Capitol offices as part of a sexual misconduct and stalking investigation of Jack Franks, a former state representative who now serves as McHenry County Board chairman, the
Chicago Sun-Times has learned.

In February 2019, the speaker’s office determined the harassment
allegations were “credible,” and the speaker asked Illinois
Secretary of State Capitol Police to ban Franks from entering the
Capitol without an escort, the speaker’s office said.

The allegations date back to 2016, according to the speaker’s
office. When the initial complaint was received, several speaker’s
office staffers said they witnessed Franks and the alleged victim
speaking privately, a conversation that left her shaken “to the
core.” That was reported to senior staff at the speaker’s office.

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