Mike Madigan tells of father's alcoholism, Lisa's pain from her biological father -- and a 'toxic' political relationship

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44% : He said his father gave him a "nightly interrogation" about his work on the dump track, which the former speaker called a "dirt truck." "'I'd be the subject of his displeasure," Madigan said of his father, whom he said had quit drinking but had an "anger problem" and "short fuse." "It was not a pleasant experience and in my case, why, it just had me develop a habit where I never wanted to disagree with him," Madigan told jurors.

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