In a federal courtroom on Monday, Solis testified that his call back to the speaker two minutes later opened a whole new avenue of focus for the feds’ still-unfolding corruption investigation, and added Madigan to the list of people he would surreptitiously record and lure into the FBI’s trap.

Going into hiding in 2019 when press reports blew his cover, Solis had initially been expected to testify in the extortion bribery trial of former Chicago Alderman Ed Burke, who was convicted last year. Prosecutors elected to hold Solis back during Burke’s trial.

Nearly eight and a half years after being confronted by federal authorities about his own wrongdoing, former Chicago Ald. Daniel Solis has taken the witness stand Thursday in the corruption trial of ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan to testify about his unprecedented turn as an FBI mole.