Prosecutors rest case in ComEd bribery trial as former CEO plans to take stand in her defense
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday rested their case against three ex-lobbyists and the former CEO of electric utility Commonwealth Edison in...
Top Madigan foot soldier testifies he didn’t work for $4,500 monthly checks
After spending two decades giving up most of his nights, weekends and vacation time to do unpaid campaign work for...
‘Go forward with Ochoa’: Madigan kept pressure on ComEd for key board appointment
When Juan Ochoa was appointed to the board of Commonwealth Edison in April 2019, it was after a year and...
Jurors see Madigan ally’s ‘magic list’ that FBI agents seized on day of 2019 raids
It was sunny and approaching 75 degrees when FBI agents arrived at the Quincy home of Mike McClain on a...
‘Because Mike Madigan came to us’: Defendant invoked ex-speaker in defense of lobbying contracts
Former Commonwealth Edison executive Fidel Marquez had been a government informant for less than a month when he had a...
‘You had a choice to make’: Defense paints cooperating witness in ComEd trial as opportunistic
About an hour before sunrise on a mid-January morning in 2019, two FBI agents arrived at the home of Fidel...
Former ComEd CEO sought soft landing for Madigan chief of staff who was fired for sexual harassment
A federal trial exposes a bribery scheme in which ComEd executives arranged jobs and contracts for allies of former Illinois...
‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’: Secretly recorded videos show ComEd lobbyists discussing alleged bribery scheme
Longtime Commonwealth Edison contract lobbyist Jay Doherty thought he was merely reminiscing and giving advice to a colleague and friend...
Former Madigan political director details push by speaker’s office for key ComEd bill
A former top aide to Mike Madigan testified on the speaker’s involvement in securing votes for the 2016 ComEd-backed energy...
Utility’s indicted CEO considered Madigan when hiring, witness says
In April 2017, a top staffer in then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s office was looking to leave his job after...
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