>>> A SECOND MEMBER  OF FORMER  ILLINOIS HOUSE SPEAKER MICHAEL  MADIGAN'S  INNER CIRCLE HAS   BEEN CONVICTED IN FEDERAL COURT  FOLLOWING A NEARLY THREE-WEEK  TRIAL.
HIS LONGTIME CHIEF OF  STAFF ,  TIM MAPES, HAS BEEN   FOUND GUILTY ON TWO CHARGES .
WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE CASE  AND GO NOW FOR MORE.
WHAT HAS   HE BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF?
>> Reporter: MAKING FALSE    DECLARATIONS AND ATTEMPTED    OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.
JURORS  WERE CAST WITH FIGURING OUT   WHICH OF THESE LIES  WITH   PROSECUTORS ALLEGED , HE WAS   GUILTY OF IT ADMITTED AND NO --   THEY FELT HE LIED REPEATEDLY    BEYOND THE TWO CHARGES.
THIS   2021 GRAND JURY INVESTIGATING    MICHAEL MADIGAN  IN RELATION    TO THIS BRIBERY CASE.
THEY   SAID HE WAS TRYING TO MINIMIZE  HIS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE   TWO MEN.
THE WORK THEY WERE   DOING IN AN EFFORT TO STALL.
>>  THIS IS HIS INNER CIRCLE ,    A POWER PLAYER,  HE WAS  IN    THE TIGHT INNER CIRCLE WITH  MICHAEL MADIGAN , THE HEAD OF   THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF  ILLINOIS.
THIS IS SOMEBODY    WHO PLAYED A HUGE ROLE IN THE  STATE  WHEN HE WAS  IN POWER.
>> WHAT KIND OF SENTENCING?
>> UP  TO 20 YEARS ON THE   OBSTRUCTION CHARGE AND FIVE   YEARS ON THE OTHER CHARGE.
NOBODY EXPECTS HIM TO GET 25  YEARS  WITH NO BACKGROUND  CRIMINALLY.
LIKELY HE WILL GET  MUCH LOWER.
>>  WHEN THE SENTENCING TAKE   PLACE?
>> JANUARY 10th.
THE JUDGE    SAYS THERE MAY BE WIGGLE ROOM  BUT  ONE DAY BEFORE MICHAEL    McCLAIN  WILL BE SENTENCED IN   THE BRIBERY CASE.